Problem #42 EASY
The Handshake Count
Google Meta Math Combinatorics
Problem Statement
At a small networking event, every person in the room shakes hands exactly once with every other person. By the end of the evening, a total of 28 handshakes have taken place. How many people attended the event? Now generalise: if there were n people, how many total handshakes occur?
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