What is 71 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 71 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 71 is, and then we deduct that amount from 71 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 71, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 71, we do this:

(71 x 3)/100 = 2.13

Next, we simply subtract 2.13 from 71 like this:

71 - 2.13 = 68.87.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 71 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

68.87

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