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7) There are 260 athletes at a meeting. They each shake hands with everyone else. How many handshakes were there?
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7) There are 260 athletes at a meeting. They

each shake hands with everyone else.
How many handshakes were there?

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There were 260 people this means 1 person shakes the hand 259 people so we multiply 260 by 259 but each handshake count twice as there are two people involved so we will divide this by two
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