What is 724 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 724 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 724 is, and then we deduct that amount from 724 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 724, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 724, we do this:

(724 x 5)/100 = 36.2

Next, we simply subtract 36.2 from 724 like this:

724 - 36.2 = 687.8.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 724 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

687.8

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