document.write( "Question 1135309: The experimental probability of randomly choosing a male from a litter of puppies is 1/4. If there are 6 female puppies in the litter, how many males are there? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number of males puppies.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the condition says\r\n" );
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document.write( "It implies\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4x = x + 6,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3x = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 2.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   The probability is   =  = .    ! Correct !\r\n" );
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