What is 72 minus 4 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 72 minus 4 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 4 percent of 72 is, and then we deduct that amount from 72 to get the answer.

To get the 4 percent from any number such as 72, we multiply the number by 4 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 4 percent of 72, we do this:

(72 x 4)/100 = 2.88

Next, we simply subtract 2.88 from 72 like this:

72 - 2.88 = 69.12.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 72 minus 4 percent?" is as follows:

69.12

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