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What is a real world problem that could be modeled by dividing two rational numbers

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say, you have half a pie, and 2 sisters, if you divide the half-pie in 3 equal pieces, how much is everyone getting of the whole pie? well, is the quotient of 1/2 and 3.



\bf \stackrel{pie}{\cfrac{1}{2}}/ \stackrel{siblings}{3}\implies \cfrac{1}{2}/\cfrac{3}{1}\implies \cfrac{1}{2}\cdot \cfrac{1}{3}\implies \stackrel{\textit{each one gets}}{\cfrac{1}{6}}

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