How many handshakes in African-US summit ?
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During the African-US summit last year, 10 presidents left the conference room and greeted one another. Assuming no 2 presidents repeatedly greeted themselves, how many total handshakes were effected?
90
Explanation:
formula is nCr = (n!)/(r!*(n-r)!)
n = 10
r = 2
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