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A Labrador retriever weighs 50kg. After a diet and exercise program the dog weighs 41kg. What is the percentage loss in weight.

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the correct answer is 18% in weight loss
User Egor Rogov
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inital weight = 50 kg

Final weight = 41 kg

loss = 50 - 41 = 9 kg


\begin{gathered} \text{percentage loss=}(9)/(50)*100 \\ \text{percentage loss=}(900)/(50) \\ \text{percentage loss = }18\text{\%} \end{gathered}

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