What is 260 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 260 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 260 is, and then we deduct that amount from 260 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 260, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 260, we do this:

(260 x 3)/100 = 7.8

Next, we simply subtract 7.8 from 260 like this:

260 - 7.8 = 252.2.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 260 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

252.2

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