What is 229 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 229 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 229 is, and then we deduct that amount from 229 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 229, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 229, we do this:

(229 x 5)/100 = 11.45

Next, we simply subtract 11.45 from 229 like this:

229 - 11.45 = 217.55.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 229 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

217.55

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