Lenore’s dog gave birth to a litter of 9 puppies. Two of the puppies are male. Write ratios for the following: Number of female

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photoshop1234 [79]

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Lenore’s dog gave birth to a litter of 9 puppies. Two of the puppies are male. Write ratios for the following: Number of female

puppies to the total number of puppies

Mathematics

2 answers:

serious [3.7K] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-11T22:06:12+03:00

serious [3.7K]3 years ago

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Answer:7:9

Step-by-step explanation:

Subtract 9-2 to get the # of female puppies, them write the ratio of female puppies to total puppies

Pavel [41] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-11T23:52:11+03:00

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Alright, so Lenore's dog gave birth to 9 puppies. You know the total from just this alone. Now, two are male. The ratio is 7:9, 2 of the puppies are male and all together are 9 (meaning, there are 2 male puppies and 7 are female). Hope this helps!