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Bill ate 2/3 of a pizza. Sam ate 1/3 of what was left. What part of the whole pizza did Sam eat?

User Apul Gupta
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Answer:

0.3333333333333333....

User Dominik Honnef
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1/3 of the pizza is left. 1/3 of the 1/3 was eaten

so

1/3 × 1/3 = 1/9

same ate 1/9 of the pizza

User Kanjie Lu
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