What is 231 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 231 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 231 is, and then we deduct that amount from 231 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 231, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 231, we do this:

(231 x 3)/100 = 6.93

Next, we simply subtract 6.93 from 231 like this:

231 - 6.93 = 224.07.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 231 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

224.07

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