According to Brooks, if n is number of programmers in a project team the number of communication paths is:

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  1. n (n - 1)/2
  2. n log n
  3. n
  4. n (n + 1)/2

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Option 1 : n (n - 1)/2
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Brooks introduced a formula to measure the volume of communication within the team. It assumes that every team member needs to communicate with every other team member, in order to perform his or her work.  

Group intercommunication formula measures the number of channels of communication within the project team and can be expressed as n*(n-1)/2, where n is the number of people working on a project

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