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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?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since there were 3 litters, with 1 litter being 6 pups, and 2 litters of 5 pups each, then there were a total of 16 pups\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since 1 out of every 4, or $\"1%2F4\"$ of the pups were males, then 3 out of every 4, or $\"3%2F4\"$ of the pups were females, and since $\"%283%2F4%29+%2A+16\"$ = 12, it's clear that there were $\"highlight_green%2812%29\"$ female pups.\r
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