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A coed (men and women) soccer league requires that at least bevelled 1 third of a team's players on the field must be women. Only 3 women are available to play. How many men can play?

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Final answer:

At least 6 men can play in the coed soccer league.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many men can play in the coed soccer league, we need to find the minimum number of players required for a team and subtract the number of women available to play.

Given that at least 1/3 of the team's players must be women, we can express this as an inequality: x - 3 ≥ (1/3)x, where x represents the total number of players on the team.

Simplifying the inequality, we have: 3 ≥ (1/3)x

Multiplying both sides by 3, we get: 9 ≥ x

Therefore, the minimum number of players required on a team is 9. Since there are 3 women available to play, we subtract that from the total number of players: 9 - 3 = 6

So, at least 6 men can play in the coed soccer league.

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