What is 148 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 148 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 148 is, and then we deduct that amount from 148 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 148, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 148, we do this:

(148 x 5)/100 = 7.4

Next, we simply subtract 7.4 from 148 like this:

148 - 7.4 = 140.6.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 148 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

140.6

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