What is 596 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 596 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 596 is, and then we deduct that amount from 596 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 596, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 596, we do this:

(596 x 5)/100 = 29.8

Next, we simply subtract 29.8 from 596 like this:

596 - 29.8 = 566.2.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 596 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

566.2

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