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In a hockey league, 87 players play on seven different teams. Each team has at least 12 players. what what is the largest possible number of players on any one team?

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There are 87 players ,if we divide by 12 found 7 players MINiMUM.

But we need to find MAXIMUM number of players we add up the resiue of 87/7 that is 3

so the largest number of players is 7+3= 10

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