document.write( "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? ??????????? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #123028 by jojo14344(1513) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let's illustrate each number of puppies:
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"x\"$ = number of puppies
\n" ); document.write( "where--- $\"system%28%281%2F4%29x=black%2C%283%2F6%29x=%281%2F2%29x=brown%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x-%28%281%2F4%29x%2B%281%2F2%29x%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x-%28%281x%2B2x%29%2F4%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x-%283x%2F4%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284x-3x%29%2F4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28%281%2F4%29%28x%29%29\"$ ---> total spotted is $\"1%2F4\"$ of the total number of puppies $\"x\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So if there are total 12 puppies:
\n" ); document.write( "12 puppies (just a sample)--- $\"system%281%2F4=3=spotted%2C1%2F2=6=brown%2C1%2F4=3=black%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "*note: $\"%281%2Fcross%284%29%29%28cross%2812%293%29=3\"$ ; $\"%281%2F2%29%2812%29=6\"$ ; $\"%281%2Fcross%284%29%29%28cross%2812%293%29=3\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thank you,
\n" ); document.write( "Jojo
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