There are ten kids in a class. When any two meet, they shake their hands. Before the class starts, how many handshakes are there?

45

Step-by-step explanation:

Ok, Kid 1 can meet other 9 kids, so we have 9 handshaks.

Kid 2 can also meet other 9 kids, but he already meet kid 1, so we are not counting that handshake, this means that now we have 8 handshakes.

Kid 3 can also meet 9 kids, but we already counted the handshake with kid 1 and kid 2, so here we have other 7 andshakes.

And so on, so we have a total of:

9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 +3 + 2 + 1 = 45 handshakes in total.

step-by-step explanation:

this woman was an important writer and propagandist during the american revolution. she was a member of the committee of correspondence (in fact the committee was formed in her home) and was an advisor to many of the revolutionary leaders, including george washington and john adams. who was this revolutionary woman?

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