What is 9 minus 20 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 9 minus 20 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 20 percent of 9 is, and then we deduct that amount from 9 to get the answer.

To get the 20 percent from any number such as 9, we multiply the number by 20 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 20 percent of 9, we do this:

(9 x 20)/100 = 1.8

Next, we simply subtract 1.8 from 9 like this:

9 - 1.8 = 7.2.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 9 minus 20 percent?" is as follows:

7.2

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