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



10
11
12
13




Answer Posted / breeze-dhanasekaran

ans is 12 persons

1'st person handshaken with 11 persons
2'nd person handshaken with 10 persons.....
same
11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=66hand shacken

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