What is 20 minus 4 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 20 minus 4 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 4 percent of 20 is, and then we deduct that amount from 20 to get the answer.

To get the 4 percent from any number such as 20, we multiply the number by 4 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 4 percent of 20, we do this:

(20 x 4)/100 = 0.8

Next, we simply subtract 0.8 from 20 like this:

20 - 0.8 = 19.2.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 20 minus 4 percent?" is as follows:

19.2

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