10 business executives and 7 chairmen meet at a conference. If each business executive shakes the hand of every other business executive and every chairman once, and each chairman shakes the hand of each of the business executives but not the other chairmen, how many handshakes would take place?  Pick one:
A) 144
B) 131
C) 115
D) 90
E) 45
there are 10 business exec and in each handshake 2 business execs are involved.   hence 10C2=45   Also, each of 10 exec will shake hand with every 7 other chairmen for total of 70 handshake.   total=45+70= 
<gadget id="calculator">45+70</gadget>
<output>115</output>
115   ANS: 115
<result>C</result>
10 business executives and 7 chairmen meet at a conference. If each business executive shakes the hand of every other business executive and every chairman once, and each chairman shakes the hand of each of the business executives but not the other chairmen, how many handshakes would take place?