At a local pet rescue center, 20% of the animals are cats and the rest are dogs. If there are 90 animals at the shelter, how many are dogs?

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Jensen Cummings

9 September, 04:30

At a local pet rescue center, 20% of the animals are cats and the rest are dogs. If there are 90 animals at the shelter, how many are dogs?

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Gunnar Berger · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

You do simple math. %20 converted to decimal form is 0.2

You multiply 90 by 0.2

This leaves you with

18

There are 18 cats in the shelter

Subtract 90 by 18

There are 72 dogs in the shelter