Missing part of the question
Determine the number of handshakes, i, that will occur for each number of people, n, in a particular room. (people)
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
For 5 people
Using the given instance of 5 people, the number of handshakes can be represented as:
The above sequence is an arithmetic sequence and the total number of handshakes is the sum of n terms of the sequence.
Where
--- The first term
--- The last term
So:
