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There are 2 brownie for 3 students. What is the amount of brownie that each student receives?

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Answer:

0.66 repeating (2/3)

Explanation:

Each student should receive 2/3 of a brownie, because if you do 0.66 times 3, (multiplying the number of students by the portion of brownie they receive, you get 1.98. Rounding up to 2, this will give each student the fairest amount of brownie.

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