Question

In one particular suburb, there are 5 families that own a boxer. If there are a total of

25 families that own a dog in general, then what percentage of dog owners have a boxer?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

Answer 1

60%

Explanation:

Explanation:

To get percentages, take the part of a population that is being specified and divided that by the whole population and multiply that value by

100

%

.

So there are

30

people that own boxers, this is the specific population that is being compared to the whole dog-owning population, which is comprised of

50

total families. So

30

50

can be reduced to

3

5

and that gives us

.6

When that value is multiplied by

100

%

, it gives us our percentage of

.6

⋅

100

%

=

60