if there are 39 people in a room and everyone has to shake hands with everyone exactly once, how many handshakes are there?

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if i'm not mistaken, this means that one person has to shake 38 people's hands. so, that would be 38*39, i believe.

Bonhoffer answered Dec 13, 2021

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