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

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asked Mar 14, 2016 217k views

2 Answers

Gruenewa · Answer 1 · 2016-03-15T09:00:55+0000

Answer:

9

Explanation:

Total dogs in the shelter=60

At the shelter 15% of the dogs are puppies.

Number of puppies=15% of total dogs

⇒Number of puppies........[Simplify]

⇒Number of puppies

Therefore, there are 9 puppies in the shelter .

Zelanix · Answer 2 · 2016-03-18T19:35:28+0000

Answer:- There are 9 puppies in the shelter .

Explanation:-

Total dogs in the shelter=60

At the shelter 15% of the dogs are puppies.

Number of puppies=15% of total dogs

⇒Number of puppies
=(15)/(100)*60 ........[Simplify]

⇒Number of puppies
$=9\ puppies$

Therefore, there are 9 puppies in the shelter .