wendys8861
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Okay, I'm in Algebra 1 and we are working factoring and princple of zero. We have a chapter of word problems and I surprised myself by figuring all of them out, that is, except one. I have worked on this problem for over 3 hours and can't figure out how to begin. Maybe one of you can point me in the right direction. Here's the question:
Everyone in a meeting shook hands with every other person. There were 300 handshakes in all. How many people were in the room?
I have tried everything I could think of and to no avail. All I need is help setting it up. I can solve it from there. A similar problem was a breeze to do, so I don't know why I am having so much problem with this one. Please help before I'm ready for a straight jacket!
Thanks,
Everyone in a meeting shook hands with every other person. There were 300 handshakes in all. How many people were in the room?
I have tried everything I could think of and to no avail. All I need is help setting it up. I can solve it from there. A similar problem was a breeze to do, so I don't know why I am having so much problem with this one. Please help before I'm ready for a straight jacket!
Thanks,