How Many Handshakes?

There are 26 people in a business meeting. At some point or another during the meeting, each person shakes hands once with everyone else. How many total handshakes will there be?

Anonymous331 days ago

625

Anonymous325 days ago

1st person shook hands with 25 ppl 2nd person shook hands with 24 ppl 3rd person shook hands with 23 ppl ect therefore answer is 325

Anonymous282 days ago

its the same as adding all the numbers up to 25 so h=25/2 *26=325

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