If there are 11 players in a cricket team all of whom shake hands with each other, how many hand-shakes take place in the team?

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Solution

The correct option is B 55
One hand-shake requires two different persons.
$∴$ Numbers of hand-shakes
= numbers of ways of selecting two persons out of 11 persons
$=^{11} C_{2} = 55$

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