2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 5
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Problem
At a gathering of people, there are
people who all know each other and
people who know no one. People who know each other hug, and people who do not know each other shake hands. How many handshakes occur?
Solution
Let the group of people who all know each other be , and let the group of people who know no one be
. Handshakes occur between each pair
such that
and
, and between each pair of members in
. Thus, the answer is
See Also
2017 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 9 |
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