Question

Mary's dog weighs 185 pounds. Her dog needs to lose between 9 and 15 pounds. Between what two percentages, rounded to the nearest whole numbers, should Mary's dog lose weight with respect to its current weight of 185 pounds. Select your answers from the drop-down lists.4% 6% 5% 8%6% 9%9% 15% 24%

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

Given the following

Weight of Mary's dog = 185pounds

If her dog looses 9pounds

Percentage of weight lost = 9/185 * 100

Percentage of weight lost = 900/185

Percentage of weight lost = 4.86%

Percentage of weight lost will be approximately 5%

If her dog looses 15pounds

Percentage of weight lost = 15/185 * 100

Percentage of weight lost = 1500/185

Percentage of weight lost = 8.10%

Percentage of weight lost will be approximately 8%

Hence Mary's dog will lose weight between 5% and 8% with respect with the total weight