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There are 789 dogs that are entered into the pet show. 394 of the dogs have pointy ears and the rest of the dogs have fluffy ears. How many of the dogs have fluffy ears?

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Final answer:

Subtract the number of dogs with pointy ears (394) from the total number of dogs (789) to find that there are 395 dogs with fluffy ears in the pet show.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many of the 789 dogs entered into the pet show have fluffy ears, we need to subtract the number of dogs with pointy ears from the total number of dogs. There are 394 dogs with pointy ears. So, we perform the following calculation:

789 (total dogs) - 394 (pointy-eared dogs) = 395 (fluffy-eared dogs)

Therefore, there are 395 dogs with fluffy ears entered into the pet show.

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Solution:

The following data was given in the question:


\begin{gathered} \text{Total dogs=789} \\ \text{Dogs with pointy ears=394} \end{gathered}

To find the dogs with fluffy ears, we subtract the dogs with pointy ears from the total dogs given.

Hence,


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Therefore, the

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