What is 15 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 15 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 15 is, and then we deduct that amount from 15 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 15, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 15, we do this:

(15 x 5)/100 = 0.75

Next, we simply subtract 0.75 from 15 like this:

15 - 0.75 = 14.25.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 15 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

14.25

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