What is 17 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 17 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 17 is, and then we deduct that amount from 17 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 17, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 17, we do this:

(17 x 5)/100 = 0.85

Next, we simply subtract 0.85 from 17 like this:

17 - 0.85 = 16.15.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 17 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

16.15

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