What is 115 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 115 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 115 is, and then we deduct that amount from 115 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 115, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 115, we do this:

(115 x 5)/100 = 5.75

Next, we simply subtract 5.75 from 115 like this:

115 - 5.75 = 109.25.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 115 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

109.25

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