Question

At an animal shelter, there are 15 dogs, 12 cats, 3 snakes, and 5 parakeets. What percent less parakeets are there than dogs?

Answer 1

There are 35 total animals and 5 parakeets and 15 dogs. 15/35*100 is there percentage of dogs and 5/25*100 is the percentage of parakeets. (15-5)/35*100 is the percentage difference. Simplifying, this equals 28.571%

Answer 2

Answer: The required percentage is 28.57%.

Step-by-step explanation: Given that at an animal shelter, there are 15 dogs, 12 cats, 3 snakes, and 5 parakeets.

We are to find the percentage by which parakeets are less than dogs.

From the given information, the number of dogs is

`n_d=15,`

the number of parakeets is

`n_p=5.`

And, the total number of animals is

`n=15+1+3+5=35.`

So, the difference of the number of dogs and parakeets is

`N=n_d-n_p=15-5=10.`

Therefore, the percentage by which parakeets are less than dogs is

`(N)/(n)*100\%=(10)/(35)*100\%=(200)/(7)\%=28.57\%.`

Thus, the required percentage is 28.57%.