What is 104 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 104 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 104 is, and then we deduct that amount from 104 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 104, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 104, we do this:

(104 x 5)/100 = 5.2

Next, we simply subtract 5.2 from 104 like this:

104 - 5.2 = 98.8.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 104 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

98.8

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