What is 6 minus 15 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 6 minus 15 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 15 percent of 6 is, and then we deduct that amount from 6 to get the answer.

To get the 15 percent from any number such as 6, we multiply the number by 15 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 15 percent of 6, we do this:

(6 x 15)/100 = 0.9

Next, we simply subtract 0.9 from 6 like this:

6 - 0.9 = 5.1.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 6 minus 15 percent?" is as follows:

5.1

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