Question

At a women's doubles tennis tournament, there were three teams of two women. After the tournament, each woman shook hands once with each of the other players except her partner. What is the number of handshakes that occurred?

Answer 1

12

Since they are all doing it with everyone except their partner, it is (6 x 4)/2 = 12

Answer 2

The answer is six handshakes because there is three teams and two women in each team so it’s 3×2 which equals six and then it’s asking what is the number of handshakes that occurred and it’s six handshakes