What is 126 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 126 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 126 is, and then we deduct that amount from 126 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 126, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 126, we do this:

(126 x 5)/100 = 6.3

Next, we simply subtract 6.3 from 126 like this:

126 - 6.3 = 119.7.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 126 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

119.7

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