What is 255 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 255 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 255 is, and then we deduct that amount from 255 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 255, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 255, we do this:

(255 x 3)/100 = 7.65

Next, we simply subtract 7.65 from 255 like this:

255 - 7.65 = 247.35.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 255 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

247.35

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