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6 people meet for a business lunch. Each person shakes hands once with each other person present. How many handshakes take place?

A. 30
B. 21
C. 18
D. 15
E. 10

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we are given with 6 people meeting at a lunch and each has to shake hand to the other people in the meeting. In this case, one person has to shake hands with 5 other persons. Since there are 6 people in total, there are 6 * 5 or 30 handshakes that took place in the business lunch. 
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