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2023 AMC 10AProblem 16P16-20~4 minPrint

In a table tennis tournament every participant played every other participant exactly once. Although there were twice as many right-handed players as left-handed players, the number of games won by left-handed players was 40%40\% more than the number of games won by right-handed players. (There were no ties and no ambidextrous players.) What is the total number of games played?

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