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 handshakes.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have 10 kids.

Let's count.

Kid 1, can meet other 9 kids, so here we have 9 handshakes.

Kid 2, he can meet other 9 kids, but he already handshaked kid 1, so here we only count 8 handshakes.

Kid 3, he can meet other 9 kids, but we already counted the handshake with kid 1 and kid 2, so from here we only count 7 handshakes.

You can see the pattern, the total number of handshakes will be:

H = 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1  = 45

you forgot the options, but i found them anyways, the correct answer is "john wilson believes that words and actions based on the intellect are superior to those based on emotions".

john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

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