Reference: Ref 17-1 (Table: All-Stars) Refer to the table. A Major League Baseball team is considering increasing the quality of its pitching staff by hiring all-star quality pitchers. If the going salary for an all-star pitcher is $12 million per season, this team will hire ________ pitchers.

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According to the table, the average salary for a pitcher is $3 million per season, while the average salary for an all-star pitcher is $12 million per season. Therefore, the team will need to pay 4 times more to hire an all-star pitcher. If the team has a budget to hire only 2 all-star pitchers, their total salary would be $24 million ($12 million per pitcher), which is 8 times higher than the salary of an average pitcher. This would still leave room in the budget for additional players. Therefore, the team will hire 2 all-star pitchers.

Reference: Ref 17-1 (Table: All-Stars) Refer to the Table