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Darius says that 1/3/ 2/3 is 2 because you cannot make groups of 2/3 from one over three so you need to make groups of one over three from two over three there is his answer is not correct

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Final answer:

To divide fractions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Therefore, 1/3 ÷ 2/3 is equal to 1/2, not 2. Hence, Darius' answer is incorrect.

Step-by-step explanation:

Darius says that 1/3 ÷ 2/3 is 2 because you cannot make groups of 2/3 from one over three, so you need to make groups of one over three from two over three. However, Darius' answer is not correct.

To divide fractions, we need to multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

So, 1/3 ÷ 2/3 becomes 1/3 * 3/2.

Multiplying the numerators gives us 1 * 3, which is 3, and multiplying the denominators gives us 3 * 2, which is 6.

Therefore, the answer is 3/6.

Simplifying 3/6 gives us 1/2.

So, 1/3 ÷ 2/3 is actually equal to 1/2, not 2.

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