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

First, we should find out how many players we need in order to have only twelve players per team.

Next, find the difference between the two values and add to twelve.

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Reading through the question, we learn that there are 87 total players in the league. There are 7 teams that the players can be divided into. There must be at least twelve players on each team. That seems important.

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Each of the seven teams needs twelve players. From this information, we can evenly distribute our players, so twelve plays times seven teams equals eighty four total players. What to do with the remaining players...? Eighty seven less eighty is equal to three. This means that there are still three players to be placed on a team. Twelve plus the remaining three equals fifteen players.

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12 * 7 = 84 87 - 84 = 3 12 + 3 = 15 The maximum number of players on any given team is 15.

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