Question

There are about 76.9 million pet dogs and 87 million pet cats in the United States. The number of pet dogs is what percent less than the number of pet cats?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of pet dogs are 11.61% less than the number of pet cats.

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of pet dogs in the United states = 76.9 million

Number of pet cats in the United states = 87 million

Difference between the number of cats and dogs :

$=87 million- 76.9 million = 10.1 million$

Percentage of number of pet dogs less than pet cats:

$=\frac{\text{Difference}}{\text{Number of cats}}\times 100$

$=\frac{10.1 million}{87 million}\times 100=11.61\%$

The number of pet dogs are 11.61% less than the number of pet cats.