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6.6 Exercise 95

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Handshakes At a company meeting, every employee shakes hands with every other employee. The number of handshakes is given by the expression n2−n2\frac{n^{2} - n}{2}, where nn represents the number of employees. How many handshakes will there be if there are 10 employees at the meeting?

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