Question

In a given year, residents of a country spent approximately $52 6 billion on their pets of this amount, $15.8 billion was for veterinarian bills. What percent of the total was spent on veterinary About % of the total was spent on veterinary care (Round to the nearest tenth as needed) Enter your answer in the answer box Type here to search O

Answer 1

Total money spent = $526 billion

Money spent on pets = $15.8

`\begin{gathered} \text{Percentage of money spent on Pets} \\ =\text{ }(15.8)/(526)\text{ x 100\%} \\ =\text{ }\frac{15.8\text{ x 100\%}}{526} \\ =\text{ }(1580)/(526) \\ =\text{ 3.00\%} \\ =\text{ 3.0\%} \end{gathered}`