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In an example of 4 people:
The first person can shake hands with all the others (N-1)=3. The seconds person can shake hands with all the others, without 1: (N-1-1)=2, third = (N-1-1-1)=1, fourth = (N-1-1-1-1)=0. Hence we get exactly range(4) [at least in Python]. So if we do
sum(range(N))
0+1+2+3 == 6, we get the total number of handshakes.
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In an example of 4 people: The first person can shake hands with all the others (N-1)=3. The seconds person can shake hands with all the others, without 1: (N-1-1)=2, third = (N-1-1-1)=1, fourth = (N-1-1-1-1)=0. Hence we get exactly range(4) [at least in Python]. So if we do
0+1+2+3 == 6, we get the total number of handshakes.