There are 26 people in a business meeting. at some point or another during the meeting, each person shakes hands once with everyone else. how many total handshakes will there be?

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Question 3 (essay worth 10 points) (03.06 mc) part a: max rented a motorbike at $465 for 5 days. if he rents the same motorbike for a week, he has to pay a total rent of $625. write an equation in the standard form to represent the total rent (y) that max has to pay for renting the motorbike for x days. (4 points) part b: write the equation obtained in part a using function notation. (2 points) part c: describe the steps to graph the equation obtained above on the coordinate axes. mention the labels on the axes and the intervals. (4 points)

(01.03 mc) which of the following is a step in simplifying the expression x multiplied by y to the power of 2 over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3, the whole to the power of negative 4. select one: a. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 2, the whole over x to the power of negative 7 multiplied by y to the power of negative 1. b. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 8, the whole over x to the power of 12 multiplied by y to the power of negative 12. c. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 8, the whole over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3. d. x to the power of negative 4 multiplied by y to the power of negative 2, the whole over x to the power of negative 3 multiplied by y to the power of 3.