What is 42 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 42 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 42 is, and then we deduct that amount from 42 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 42, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 42, we do this:

(42 x 5)/100 = 2.1

Next, we simply subtract 2.1 from 42 like this:

42 - 2.1 = 39.9.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 42 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

39.9

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