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Recursive Equations
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22 Nov 2011

The Handshake Problem

by dborkovitz | posted in: Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Problem Solving Activities | 2

The handshake problem is an old chestnut — if everyone in the room shook hands with everyone else, how many handshakes would there be? Then generalize. What I have to add to teaching the problem is a handout (doc version, … Read More

Recursive Equations, Triangle numbers

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