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Meg is a veterinarian. She found that 10 of the 30 dogs she saw this week were boxers. Steve is also a veterinarian. He found that 50 % of the 10 dogs he saw this week were boxers. Does each person need to find the​ part, the​ whole, or the​ percent?
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Meg needs to find the
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part.
whole.
percent.

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to identify what Meg's situation requires:

• Meg has already identified that she saw 30 dogs in total and out of those, 10 were boxers. This means she knows both the part (the number of boxers) and the whole (the total number of dogs).

Since she is not looking to determine a part, whole, or percent from that data, the situation does not imply that she needs to calculate a missing value. However, for clarity in the context of her findings, she may want to determine the percent of dogs that are boxers.

Regarding Steve's case: He saw 10 dogs and knows that 50% of them were boxers; thus, he may need to find the part (the number of boxers) based on that percentage.

Let's summarize:

Meg needs to find the percent (if she is interested in knowing the percentage of boxers among the dogs she examined).

So, the answer to the question is: Meg needs to find the percent.