What is 119 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 119 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 119 is, and then we deduct that amount from 119 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 119, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 119, we do this:

(119 x 5)/100 = 5.95

Next, we simply subtract 5.95 from 119 like this:

119 - 5.95 = 113.05.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 119 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

113.05

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