What is the greatest possible number of club members

A local readers club has a set of 12 hardback books, a set of 18 paperbacks, and a set of 36 magazines. Each set can be equally divided among the  club members. What is the greatest possible number of club members?
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The greatest common factor of 12, 18 and 36 is 6 so there are 6 sets: each set has 2 hardbacks, 3 paperbacks, and 6 magazines. So 12+18+36=66 to be distributed between 6 members (11 each).

So the maximum number of members is 6.

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