What is 18 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 18 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 18 is, and then we deduct that amount from 18 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 18, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 18, we do this:

(18 x 1)/100 = 0.18

Next, we simply subtract 0.18 from 18 like this:

18 - 0.18 = 17.82.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 18 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

17.82

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