Subject

    Bank Exam

    Topic

    Bangladesh Bank AD 2012

    At a party, everyone shook hands with everybody else. There were 66 handshakes. How many people were there in the party?

    ক)
    13
    খ)
    11
    গ)
    10
    ঘ)
    12

    Explanation

    Let the number of persons= n Number of handshakes by first person= n- 1 (As he cannot handshake with himself) Number of handshakes by second person = n- 2 (As he has already handshaked with first person) Number of handshakes by third person= n- 3 . . Number of handshakes by second last i.e. ( n- 1)th person= n- (n- 1)= 1 Number of handshakes by last i.e. nth person= n- n= 0 So, Total number of handshakes=(n- 1)+ (n- 2)+ (n- 3)+ 1+ 0 = 0+ 1+ 2+ 3+ ...........(n- 1) = Sum of first (n- 1) terms = (n- 1)(n- 1+ 1)/2 = n(n- 1)/ 2 So, Total number of handshakes= n(n- 1)/2 According to question, n(n- 1)/ 2= 66 => n^2 - n= 132 => n^2- n- 132= 0 => n^2- 12n+ 11n- 132= 0 => n(n- 12) + 11(n- 12)= 0 => (n- 12)(n+ 11) = 0 n= 12 or n= - 11(which is not possible as no. Of persons cannot be negat

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