Here’s a riddle that has some of the brightest puzzlers confused and we’re asking you to put your minds to the test and figure out the correct answer.
Did you know that the more you focus on a challenge, the easier it becomes? Clearly, we’re not joking with this one and that’s one of the many reasons why we’re asking you to put those brains to work and solve this!
As you can see, here’s a riddle that is definitely brain twister. The riddle puts forward a scenario and then asks you to find the solution in as short of a timespan as possible. Do you think you can do it?
If there are a total of seven people that meet each other and then go about shaking their hands once with each other, how many handshakes will there have been amongst them?
Sounds tricky, well, read in between the lines to succeed. Remember, only one in three puzzlers managed to get it right. We know you can do it!
Are you ready for the answer? If yes, scroll down below!
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ANSWER:
The right answer is 21! In case you’re wondering why well, let’s get down to the bottom of it!
The first individual shakes the hand of 6 people while the second one shakes the hand of the five remaining others.point 371 |
Now the third one shakes the hand of the 4 remaining people while the fourth person will shake the hand of the 3 remaining individuals.point 111 | Finally, the fifth person shakes the hand of the 2 remaining people and the sixth person shakes the hand of the 1 remaining individual.point 223 |
point 2 | 1
This gives us a grand total of 21, which can be shown below!
6+5+4+3+2+1=21
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