Question

18.3% of the animals in the local shelter are neither cats nor dogs. 2% of those animals that are not cats or dogs are rabbits. If there are 267 animals in the shelter, approximately how many of them are rabbits? Do not round any numbers until you finish the problem

Answer 1

Let's start by finding the percentage of animals in the shelter that are cats or dogs:

100% - 18.3% = 81.7%

Let's convert this percentage to a decimal:

81.7% = 0.817

Now, let's find the total number of animals that are cats or dogs:

0.817 x 267 = 218.139

We know that 2% of the animals that are not cats or dogs are rabbits. Let's find the percentage of animals in the shelter that are not cats or dogs:

100% - 81.7% = 18.3%

Let's convert this percentage to a decimal:

18.3% = 0.183

Now, let's find the total number of animals that are not cats or dogs:

0.183 x 267 = 48.951

We can now find the number of rabbits in the shelter:

2% of 48.951 = 0.02 x 48.951 = 0.97902

Therefore, approximately 0.97902 animals in the shelter are rabbits.

We should round this number to the nearest whole number, which is 1.

So approximately 1 animal in the shelter is a rabbit.