document.write( "Question 1152008: There are five people in a room. Each person shakes the hand of every other person exactly one. How many hands shakes are exchanged\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Well when $\"N\"$ people meet each other the total number of handshakes that take place would always be the total sum of numbers from $\"1\"$ to $\"%28N-1%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"4%2B3%2B2%2B1+=+10\"$ \r
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