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

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

Step-by-step 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.