What is 50 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 50 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 50 is, and then we deduct that amount from 50 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 50, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 50, we do this:

(50 x 3)/100 = 1.5

Next, we simply subtract 1.5 from 50 like this:

50 - 1.5 = 48.5.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 50 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

48.5

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