SOLUTION: 1/4 of the puppies were black 3/6 of the puppies were brown. The rest were spotted. What fraction of the puppies was spotted? ???????????
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Question 167054: 1/4 of the puppies were black 3/6 of the puppies were brown. The rest were spotted. What fraction of the puppies was spotted? ???????????
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's illustrate each number of puppies:
Let = number of puppies
where---
Then,
---> total spotted is of the total number of puppies
So if there are total 12 puppies:
12 puppies (just a sample)---
*note: ; ;
Thank you,
Jojo
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