What is one third multiplied by two?

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smendyka
Oct 10, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

We can write this as:

#1/3 xx 2#

Or

#1/3 xx 2/1#

When multiplying fractions you multiply the numerators over the denominators multiplied:

#1/3 xx 2/1 => (1 xx 2)/(3 xx 1) => 2/3#

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