What is 47 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 47 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 47 is, and then we deduct that amount from 47 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 47, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 47, we do this:

(47 x 3)/100 = 1.41

Next, we simply subtract 1.41 from 47 like this:

47 - 1.41 = 45.59.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 47 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

45.59

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