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There are ten people in a house. Everybody wants to make a hand shake with only people shorter than themselves..........

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There are ten people in a house. Everybody wants to make a hand shake with only people shorter than themselves. Assume everybody is different in height. How many hand shakes are made?

posted Apr 15, 2017 by Varuna Magar

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If the highest guy is
No:10 he will make 9 handshakes
No:9 will make 8 handshakes
No:8 will make 7 handshakes
and so on
ie., 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 45 hand shakes in total.

answer Apr 15, 2017 by Tejas Naik
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Zero
Because a taller person wants to shake hands with a shorter person.
But the shorter person doesn't want to shake hands with him.

answer May 16, 2023 by Pankaj Deshmukh



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