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36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a
circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 36
handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, ...,
{a35, a36}, {a36, a1}. Then size of the smallest set of
people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least
one person in the set is

a)12 b)11 c)13 d)18

Question Posted / madhur oruganti

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36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are..

Answer / adarsh

answer is 12
bcoz
there are 36 people and atmost he can shake for 3 people so
36/3=
12

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36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are..

Answer / sahanaj rahaman & saikat b

...36/3=12...
a1,a2....a2,a3....a4,a5..a5,a6...

Is This Answer Correct ?    25 Yes 7 No

36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are..

Answer / arvind

12

Is This Answer Correct ?    17 Yes 5 No

36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are..

Answer / brajendra tripathi

if in question it is said that handshake should be simulanouly then obviosly 18 ans .bt it is not said so 12 peole is enough to make hanshake with 36 people.

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36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are..

Answer / rubi

ans is 18
a single person can do maximum 2 handshakes..so 36/2=18

Is This Answer Correct ?    27 Yes 59 No

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