The experimental probability of randomly choosing a male from a litter of puppies is 1/4. Please show all steps and explain, Thank you.

Question

1. 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?

Answer 1

You first want to calculate the total population. Let's call P the total population, M the population of males and F the population of females.

P = M + F

We also know that in terms of proportion, 1 = 1/4 Male + 3/4 Female. From this equation, we can derive the total population: P = 6/ (3/4) = 8. Given that we can finally calculate the population of males: M = P - F = 8 - 6 = 2.

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