What is 490 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 490 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 490 is, and then we deduct that amount from 490 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 490, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 490, we do this:

(490 x 3)/100 = 14.7

Next, we simply subtract 14.7 from 490 like this:

490 - 14.7 = 475.3.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 490 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

475.3

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