What is 117 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 117 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 117 is, and then we deduct that amount from 117 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 117, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 117, we do this:

(117 x 5)/100 = 5.85

Next, we simply subtract 5.85 from 117 like this:

117 - 5.85 = 111.15.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 117 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

111.15

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