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Last Monday N female executives (N>1) received M male managers (M>1) for a business meeting. If every person shook hands exactly once with every other person in the meeting, what is the difference between the total number of shaking hands and the number of shaking hands among the female executives only?

(1) M < 11
(2) M(M+2N) = 65

Answer: [spoiler]_____(B)__[/spoiler]

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by fskilnik@GMATH » Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:28 pm

fskilnik@GMATH wrote:GMATH practice exercise (Quant Class 18)

Last Monday N female executives (N>1) received M male managers (M>1) for a business meeting. If every person shook hands exactly once with every other person in the meeting, what is the difference between the total number of shaking hands and the number of shaking hands among the female executives only?

(1) M < 11
(2) M(M+2N) = 65

$$m,n\,\, \ge \,\,2\,\,\,{\rm{ints}}\,\,\,\,\left( * \right)$$
$$? = C\left( {m + n,2} \right) - C\left( {n,2} \right) = {{\left( {m + n} \right)\left( {m + n - 1} \right)} \over 2} - {{n\left( {n - 1} \right)} \over 2}$$
$$? = \frac{{m\left( {m + n - 1} \right) + nm + n\left( {n - 1} \right) - n\left( {n - 1} \right)}}{2} = \,\,\frac{{m\left( {m + 2n - 1} \right)}}{2}\,\,\,\,\, \Leftrightarrow \,\,\,\,\boxed{\,? = \frac{{m\left( {m + 2n - 1} \right)}}{2}\,}$$

$$\left( 1 \right)\,\,m < 11\,\,\,\left\{ \matrix{
\,{\rm{Take}}\,\,\left( {m,n} \right) = \left( {2,2} \right)\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,{\rm{?}}\,\,{\rm{ = }}\,\,{\rm{5}} \hfill \cr
\,{\rm{Take}}\,\,\left( {m,n} \right) = \left( {2,3} \right)\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,{\rm{?}}\,\, \ne \,\,{\rm{5}}\, \hfill \cr} \right.$$

$$\left( 2 \right)\,\,m\left( {m + 2n} \right) = 65 = 5 \cdot 13\,\,\,\,\,\mathop \Rightarrow \limits^{\left( * \right)\,\,{\rm{and}}\,\,\left( {**} \right)} \,\,\,\,\left( {m,m + 2n} \right) = \left( {5,13} \right)\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,{\rm{SUFF}}.$$
$$\left( {**} \right)\,\,\,m > m + 2n\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,n < 0\,\,\,\,\,\,{\rm{impossible}}$$

The correct answer is (B).

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Fabio.

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