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If three people share 2/3 of a pizza what equal portion will each get?

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The Solution:

Let the quantity of a pizza be represented with p.

So that the available pizza for the 3 people is obtained as below:


\begin{gathered} (2)/(3)\text{ of p }\Rightarrow(2)/(3)p \\ \end{gathered}

The equal portion for each of the 3 people can be obtained by dividing the available pizza by 3. That is,


((2)/(3)p)/(3)

Which becomes


(2)/(3)p\text{ }*(1)/(3)=(2)/(9)p

So, each of the 3 people will get 2/9 of a pizza.

Therefore, the correct answer is 2/9 of a pizza.

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