What is 408 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 408 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 408 is, and then we deduct that amount from 408 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 408, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 408, we do this:

(408 x 5)/100 = 20.4

Next, we simply subtract 20.4 from 408 like this:

408 - 20.4 = 387.6.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 408 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

387.6

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