document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=534740>Question 534740</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marys dog had 3 litters of pups. One litter had 6 pups; the other 2 litters had 5 pups each. If one out of every 4 pups were males, how many female puppies were there? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First, what I did was write 1, 2, and 3 on a piece of paper. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, I wrote numbers 1 through 6 around the number 1, because the first litter had 6 pups.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, I wrote numbers 1 through 5 around the numbers 2 and 3, because the second and third litters each had 5 pups.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then I counted all the pups, from all 3 litters, and circled every fourth pup; meaning that pup was a boy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then I counted all the uncircled numbers, which were all the female pups, which came out to be 12.   </SPAN>\n" );
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