After the results of a chess tournament are announced, someone noticed that each player scored exactly half of its points in games against the three lowest-ranked players in that tournament. How many players participated in the tournament if each player played one game against every player? (Note that a win worth 1 point, a draw worth 0.5 points, and a loss worth 0 points.) Please answer very soon will give rating surely

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After the results of a chess tournament are announced, someone noticed that each player scored exactly half of its points in games against the three lowest-ranked players in that tournament. How many players participated in the tournament if each player played one game against every player? (Note that a win worth 1 point, a draw worth 0.5 points, and a loss worth 0 points.)

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