At an animal shelter there are 15dogs, 12 cats, 3 snakes and 5 parakeets . What percent of the number of cats is the number of d

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ElenaW [278]

3 years ago

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At an animal shelter there are 15dogs, 12 cats, 3 snakes and 5 parakeets . What percent of the number of cats is the number of d

ogs?

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madreJ [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-22T01:18:26+03:00

madreJ [45]3 years ago

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Total number of animals at the shelter = 15 + 12 +3 + 5 = 35 animals.
Let the total number of animals be represented by 100%
There are 15 dogs and 12 cats so:
% Number of dogs = 15/35 x 100% = 42.86%
% Number of cats = 12/35 x 100% = 34.28%