To prevent Lyme disease in dogs and cats, the most important step is to stop the ticks that transmit the disease. The tick that carries the Borrelia spirochete can be prevented or killed by applying a tick collar and flea and tick medications.
1. Know what a percentage is. A percentage is a way to express a number as a part of a whole. To calculate a percentage, we look at the whole as equal to 100%. For example, say you have 10 apples (=100%).If you eat 2 apples, then you have eaten 2/10 Ã 100% = 20% of your apples and you are left with 80% of your original apples.. Know what a percentage is. A percentage is a way to express a number as a part of a whole. To calculate a percentage, we look at the whole as equal to 100%. For example, say you have 10 apples (=100%).
This gives us another way to calculate the percentage of a number (or percentage of some quantity): To calculate a percentage of some number, change the percentage into a decimal, and the word of into multiplication. Example 1. Find 70% of 80. Following the shortcut, we write this as 0.7 Ã 80.