Question

Labrador Retriever weighs 48 kg after a diet and exercise program the dog weighs 43 kilograms to determine if this shows a percent increase or decrease and explain why what is the percent change of its weight a 10% B 11% C 110% D 111% please help.​

Answer 1

Answer:

percentage change in weight ≈ 10%

Step-by-step explanation:

The dog weighed 48 kg after a diet and after an exercise program the dog had a weight of 43 kg. This means the dog loss weight since the dog weight decreased from an initial value of 48 kg to 43 kg. The decrease in weight can be calculate as

decrease in weight = original weight - new weight

original weight  = 48 kg

new weight = 43 kg

decrease in weight = 48 - 43 = 5 kg

Since the weight decrease their will be a percentage decrease in weight.

% decrease = decrease in weight/original weight × 100

% decrease = 5/48 × 100

% decrease = 500/48

% decrease = 10. 42666666667

percentage change in weight ≈ 10%