What is 138 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 138 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 138 is, and then we deduct that amount from 138 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 138, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 138, we do this:

(138 x 5)/100 = 6.9

Next, we simply subtract 6.9 from 138 like this:

138 - 6.9 = 131.1.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 138 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

131.1

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