2. Columbus would have taken some live animals aboard for food sources. If there were one hundred fifty animals, of which seventy-three were rabbits and the rest were chickens, what percentage of the animals were chickens? Please round your answer the nearest percent.
51%
(150-73)/150 = 0.51 = 51%
To determine the percentage of animals that were chickens, we need to find the number of chickens first. We are given that there were 150 animals in total, of which 73 were rabbits.
So, to find the number of chickens, we subtract the number of rabbits from the total number of animals:
Number of chickens = Total number of animals - Number of rabbits
= 150 - 73
= 77
Now, we can calculate the percentage of animals that were chickens:
Percentage of chickens = (Number of chickens / Total number of animals) * 100
= (77 / 150) * 100
≈ 51%
Therefore, approximately 51% of the animals were chickens.