A dress is on sale for d dollars. The regular price is 3 times as much. Janine has enough money to buy 2 dresses at the regular price. How many dresses can Janine buy at the sale price?

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Let's denote the sale price of the dress as \( d \) dollars. The regular price of the dress, which is 3 times the sale price, thus can be expressed as:

\[ \text{Regular Price} = 3d \]

Janine has enough money to buy 2 dresses at the regular price. Therefore, the total amount of money Janine has is:

\[ \text{Total Money} = 2 \times \text{Regular Price} = 2 \times 3d = 6d \]

Now, we want to find out how many dresses Janine can buy at the sale price of \( d \) dollars. To find this, we divide her total amount of money by the sale price:

\[ \text{Number of Dresses} = \frac{\text{Total Money}}{\text{Sale Price}} = \frac{6d}{d} \]

Simplifying the above expression, we get:

\[ \text{Number of Dresses} = 6 \]

Thus, Janine can buy \( \boxed{6} \) dresses at the sale price.