At an animal shelter, there are 15 dogs, 12 cats, 3 snakes, and 5 parakeets. What percent less parakeets are there than dogs?
There are 35 total animals and 5 parakeets and 15 dogs. 15/35100 is there percentage of dogs and 5/25100 is the percentage of parakeets. (15-5)/35*100 is the percentage difference. Simplifying, this equals 28.571%
Answer: The required percentage is 28.57%.
Step-by-step explanation: Given that at an animal shelter, there are 15 dogs, 12 cats, 3 snakes, and 5 parakeets.
We are to find the percentage by which parakeets are less than dogs.
From the given information, the number of dogs is
\(n_d=15,\)
the number of parakeets is
\(n_p=5.\)
And, the total number of animals is
\(n=15+1+3+5=35.\)
So, the difference of the number of dogs and parakeets is
\(N=n_d-n_p=15-5=10.\)
Therefore, the percentage by which parakeets are less than dogs is
\(\dfrac{N}{n}\times100\%=\dfrac{10}{35}\times100\%=\dfrac{200}{7}\%=28.57\%.\)
Thus, the required percentage is 28.57%.