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Grace has 2 cups of strawberries and plans to divide this amount into equal parts to make 3 strawberry pies. What fraction of a cup of strawberries will be used for each pie?

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The whole number of cups 2 will be divided by 3 pies leaving a fraction of

(2)/(3)
cups for each individual pie.
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Number of cups of Strawberries are there for 3 pies =2

Now we apply unitary method here to find how many strawberries are need for 1 pie.

Number of cups of Strawberries required for 1 pie = 2/3

Answer: So Grace would require 2/3 cups of Strawberries for making one pie.

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