Question 534740
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?


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


Since 1 out of every 4, or {{{1/4}}} of the pups were males, then 3 out of every 4, or {{{3/4}}} of the pups were females, and since {{{(3/4) * 16}}} = 12, it's clear that there were {{{highlight_green(12)}}} female pups.


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