At a shelter 15% of the dogs are puppies there are 60 dogs at the shelter. How many are puppies?

Mathematics

2 answers:

ch4aika [34]2 years ago

7 0

<h3>Answer: 9</h3>

Explanation:

One method is to do the steps like this

15% of 60 = 0.15*60 = 9

Or you can solve like this

part/whole = percent/100

x/60 = 15/100

100x = 60*15

100x = 900

x = 900/100

x = 9

Bezzdna [24]2 years ago

6 0

9 of the dogs are puppies

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