What is 742 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 742 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 742 is, and then we deduct that amount from 742 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 742, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 742, we do this:

(742 x 5)/100 = 37.1

Next, we simply subtract 37.1 from 742 like this:

742 - 37.1 = 704.9.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 742 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

704.9

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