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Ralph, Stanley, Paul and Charles met up after school. Each person shakes hands with every other person. How many handshakes we're there.

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Ralph shakes 3 people’s hands.
Stanley shakes 2 people’s hands, not including Ralph because we already counted all of his. Paul has 1 more shake and we don’t count anymore.
The final answer is 6 handshakes.
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