using operations with fractions, calculate how many team members will get two thirds of an orange

[hsmith29]

There are 8 oranges available to be cut up for a hockey team. Each member of the team will get two thirds of an orange. Using operations with fractions, calculate how many team members will get two thirds of an orange.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

There are 8 oranges available to be cut up for a hockey team. Each member of the team will get two thirds of an orange. Using operations with fractions, calculate how many team members will get two thirds of an orange.

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[Steven G]

(2/3)+(2/3)+(2/3)+...+(2/3) = 8
How many 2/3 are being added?

 

[ksdhart2]

Just in the interest of full disclosure, this exact same problem was posted by a user with a very similar username (almost certainly the same person?) on the AskMath subreddit.

On said subreddit, a very nice hint was given prior to this post going live here. Did you read that reply? Did you find the hint insufficient? If yes, what specifically did you not understand?