What is 120 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 120 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 120 is, and then we deduct that amount from 120 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 120, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 120, we do this:

(120 x 5)/100 = 6

Next, we simply subtract 6 from 120 like this:

120 - 6 = 114.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 120 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

114

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