What is 74 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 74 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 74 is, and then we deduct that amount from 74 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 74, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 74, we do this:

(74 x 3)/100 = 2.22

Next, we simply subtract 2.22 from 74 like this:

74 - 2.22 = 71.78.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 74 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

71.78

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