Question

Donnie's dog had a litter of puppies. He notices that 2 are brown, 1 is white, and 3 are spotted. What is the ratio of total puppies to brown puppies? Explain how you got the answer

Answer 1

The ratio of total puppies to brown puppies is 3 for 1. For every 3 puppies there is 1 brown puppie.

Explanation:

In order to find the ratio between the total puppies to brown puppies we need to take the total amount of puppies , that is, the sum of all the puppies and divide it by the number of brown puppies. So we have:

ratio = total amount of puppies/brown puppies

ratio = (3+2+1)/(2) = 6/2 = 3/1

The ratio is for every three puppies we have one brown puppie.