A rugby team has 15 players, more than the optimal number for a work team. At work, the optimal number depends on the task, the skills required, and the time provided to complete the task. As a general rule, experts suggest teams have .

5 to 9 members

Explanation:

Optimal number is simply known to be the best or favorable or required number at a particular point in time.

Normally, every work, especially works that related to sport use to have the required number of people that can work with them at a particular time, most especially when going for a game.

In this case, the expert suggested that, the optimal number of members for a team should be within 5 to 9. And this should include all the needed personnel.  

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals