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Jack had 8 dogs and 7 were black and white and 1 was pure black What decimal fraction of the dogs were black. please help and explain with detail. I dont know why i cant figure this out can you help?
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∙ 14y ago
Total number of black and white dogs = 7
Total number of pure black dogs = 1
Total number of Dogs = 8
Therefore 7/8 (or 0.875) of the dogs are black and white and
1/8 (or 0.125) of the dogs are pure black
0.875 + 0.125 = 1.000
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