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Ariel bought a cake and cut it into sections of 1 3to serve 3 people. She now wants to create smaller pieces so that she can serve each person 3 pieces. Create a fraction equal to 1 3that would give everyone the same amount of cake but in 3 pieces.

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Answer:

Fraction = ⅓

Explanation:

Given.

Sections = 3

Required

What fraction divides the fraction into 3 equal part

Given that there's only one cake and it's for 3 people .

The fraction for each individual is calculated as follows:.

Fraction = ⅓ * 1 cake

Fraction ,= ⅓ of the cake

Hence:

Each individual will get ⅓ of the cake

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