25% of the animals at a pet shop are rabbits. If there are 12 rabbits at the shop, then how many animals are there altogether?
A. 48
B. 0.48
C. 4.8
D. 0.84
To find out how many animals there are altogether, we need to first find out what percentage of the animals the rabbits represent in the pet shop.
If 25% of the animals are rabbits, and there are 12 rabbits, then we can set up the following proportion:
25/100 = 12/x
Cross multiplying, we get:
25x = 100*12
25x = 1200
x = 1200/25
x = 48
Therefore, there are a total of 48 animals in the pet shop.
Answer: A. 48