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i dont know there could be other peolple in the room besides the people doing hand shakes but if there werent, and there were only two people to each hand shake, there would be 56 people in the room.

Or if you mean a general hand shake that you did 28 times, there could only be 2 people in the room.

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If there are 28 handshakes in a room, there must be 8 people present. Each person shakes hands with every other person once, so the total number of handshakes can be calculated using the formula n(n-1)/2, where n is the number of people in the room. Solving for n in this case gives you 8 people.

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