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Handshakes when 100 guests all greet each other

Question

At a party of 100100 guests, every pair of guests shakes hands exactly once. How many handshakes are there?

Short answer

49504950. Each handshake corresponds to an unordered pair of guests, so the count is (1002)=100⋅992=4950\binom{100}{2}=\tfrac{100\cdot 99}{2}=4950.

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