What is 492 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 492 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 492 is, and then we deduct that amount from 492 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 492, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 492, we do this:

(492 x 5)/100 = 24.6

Next, we simply subtract 24.6 from 492 like this:

492 - 24.6 = 467.4.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 492 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

467.4

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