What is 172 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 172 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 172 is, and then we deduct that amount from 172 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 172, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 172, we do this:

(172 x 5)/100 = 8.6

Next, we simply subtract 8.6 from 172 like this:

172 - 8.6 = 163.4.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 172 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

163.4

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