BDMO NATIONAL JUNIOR 2015/5

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Math Mad Muggle
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BDMO NATIONAL JUNIOR 2015/5

Unread post by Math Mad Muggle » Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:06 am

In a party, boys shake hands with girls but each girl shake hands with everyone else .If there are 40 handshakes , find out the number of boys and girls in the party ?.........please explain the solution.

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Unread post by aritra barua » Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:00 pm

Suppose,there are m girls and n boys.Then,1 boy makes m handshakes.For this reason,n boys make in total mn/2 handshakes.Again,1 girl makes m+n-1 handshakes,so m girls make(m^2+mn-m)/2 handshakes.Now,establish the condition,mn/2+(m^2+mn-m)/2=40.....then you may derive m(m+2n-1)=80,then a little checking over the factors of 80 will give your required answer. :D

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Unread post by Absur Khan Siam » Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:02 pm

The girls have already handshaked with boys.Will they handshake again?Moreover,$1$ boy makes $m$ handshakes.Isn't $n$ boys make in total $mn$ handshakes?
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Unread post by aritra barua » Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:22 pm

Hmmm....you are right...I forgot to consider those cases :(

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Unread post by Absur Khan Siam » Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:47 pm

Let there are $m$ boys and $n$ girls.Thus the number of Boys' handshake = $mn$.And the number of girls' handshake = $\frac{(n-1)^2+(n-1)}{2} = \frac{n^2 - n}{2}$
Thus,$mn + \frac{n^2-n}{2} = 40$
or,$2mn + n^2 - n = 80$
The only solutions of $(m,n)$ is $(40 , 1)$ and $(6,5)$
"(To Ptolemy I) There is no 'royal road' to geometry." - Euclid

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