What is 585 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 585 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 585 is, and then we deduct that amount from 585 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 585, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 585, we do this:

(585 x 5)/100 = 29.25

Next, we simply subtract 29.25 from 585 like this:

585 - 29.25 = 555.75.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 585 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

555.75

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