Given that the number of possible handshakes within a group of n people is given by the equation:
[tex]N= \frac{1}{2} (n^2-n)[/tex]
Given that there are 105 people at a party, the number of possible handshakes is given by:
[tex]N= \frac{1}{2} (105^2-105) \\ \\ = \frac{1}{2} (11025-105)=10920[/tex]