What is 48 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 48 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 48 is, and then we deduct that amount from 48 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 48, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 48, we do this:

(48 x 3)/100 = 1.44

Next, we simply subtract 1.44 from 48 like this:

48 - 1.44 = 46.56.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 48 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

46.56

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