You are having a party and you invite 4 friends Zac, Unicorn, Phebe and Jesus. When they arrived they gave eachother hugs. How many hugs were distributed in total?

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steve816 · Answer

Question is unclear, who is Jesus?

anonymous · Answer

a friend

steve816 · Answer

Are you saying Jesus Christ is your friend?

steve816 · Answer

I want a hug with Jesus Christ.

anonymous · Answer

basically

nnesha · Answer

Jesus is a name.

nnesha · Answer

so it can be any person in the world don't think too much about it

mathstudent55 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

are you part of this hugging or is it just them?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Number of sides + number of diagonals.

rhondasommer · Answer

*they gave each other hugs. not the person themself*

mathstudent55 · Answer

When Zac hugs Jesus, Jesus does not have hug Zac anymore.

rhondasommer · Answer

duh! lol jkjk

anonymous · Answer

im not part of it i believe

mathstudent55 · Answer

How many line segments?
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mathstudent55 · Answer

BTW, by the wording of the problem, you as host did not hug anyone. Only your guests hugged each other.

anonymous · Answer

but i feel like its 4 friends including zac and etc

rhondasommer · Answer

i believe it is six. i gave you a pretty explanatory explanation as to why... Zac+Unicorn, Phebe+Jesus, Zac+Jesus Phebe+Unicorn, Zac+Phebe Jesus+Unicorn

rhondasommer · Answer

does that make sense?

mathmale · Answer

I'm assuming that if Zach hugs Phoebe, that's event Z-P, and that Phoebe need not hug Zach in return, because the two have already hugged once.

To help myself keep track, I've written out codes:  Z-U, P-J, and so on, crossing out duplications such as U-Z.  

Try it.

This also assumes that the host does not participate in the hugging.  His (or her) loss!