What is 486 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 486 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 486 is, and then we deduct that amount from 486 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 486, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 486, we do this:

(486 x 5)/100 = 24.3

Next, we simply subtract 24.3 from 486 like this:

486 - 24.3 = 461.7.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 486 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

461.7

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