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How can each beat in 6/8 be a dotted quarter note?

I thought time signatures have the # of beats on top, and then the type of note that equals one beat on the bottom. So if that's the case, how come in 6/8 there are technically only 2 beats and each beat is a dotted quarter note. How can that be? Why wouldn't it be 6 beats where each beat is an eighth note?

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