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A group of 31 friends gets together to play a sport. First, people must be divided into teams. Each team has to have exactly 3 players, and no one can be on more than one team. How many teams can they make? (It is possible that not everyone can be on a team.)

User Brousch
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the calculated answer would be 10.3 recurring teams
in my answer the estimate of the answer 5 teams
not to sure but hopefully this helps !!
User Alex Glukhovtsev
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Answer:

The answer is 10 teams NOT 10.3

Explanation:

31 divided 3 is 10... remainder 1

And then the fulfills the condition is that not everyone can be on a team.

So therefore remainder 1. Condition fulfilled

Answer is 10

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