I think the baseball question meant to ask how many handshakes were exchanged in total without shaking someone's hand twice.
If there are 9 people, someone can only shake with 8 other people because who shakes hands with themselves? Then that person would be eliminated from everyone elses shake count because they have already shaken hands with him. And so on... 8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=36
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Date: 2005-09-26 01:32 am (UTC)If there are 9 people, someone can only shake with 8 other people because who shakes hands with themselves? Then that person would be eliminated from everyone elses shake count because they have already shaken hands with him. And so on... 8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=36