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Puzzle #192: Can you work out how many members are on the new board?

2 November 2022

#192 Hand over

Set by Howard Williams

It was decided that Friendly Co. Ltd and Amicable Co. Ltd would merge and form the Friendly Amicable Co. Ltd. Alas, things have proved less than friendly in the boardroom.

First, there were some angry resignations from the original dozen or so directors at the two companies.

And then, the first board meeting of the new company didn’t begin well, with old enmities preventing a group of the board members from shaking hands among themselves. This meant that the number of handshakes was exactly one-third down on the number there would have been…

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