What is 3 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 3 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 3 is, and then we deduct that amount from 3 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 3, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 3, we do this:

(3 x 1)/100 = 0.03

Next, we simply subtract 0.03 from 3 like this:

3 - 0.03 = 2.97.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 3 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

2.97

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