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What is 2 divided 5?Draw a diagram that explains how you know.

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see the figure below to better understand the problem

I divided the segment between 0 and 2 into 5 spaces

The value of each space is

(2-0)/5=2/5

so

If you multiply the width of each space (2/5) by the number of spaces, the result must be equal to 2

Verify

(2/5)*5=2 is ok

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