What is 65 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 65 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 65 is, and then we deduct that amount from 65 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 65, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 65, we do this:

(65 x 5)/100 = 3.25

Next, we simply subtract 3.25 from 65 like this:

65 - 3.25 = 61.75.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 65 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

61.75

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