What is 420 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 420 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 420 is, and then we deduct that amount from 420 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 420, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 420, we do this:

(420 x 5)/100 = 21

Next, we simply subtract 21 from 420 like this:

420 - 21 = 399.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 420 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

399

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