What is 501 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 501 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 501 is, and then we deduct that amount from 501 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 501, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 501, we do this:

(501 x 3)/100 = 15.03

Next, we simply subtract 15.03 from 501 like this:

501 - 15.03 = 485.97.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 501 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

485.97

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