What is 77 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 77 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 77 is, and then we deduct that amount from 77 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 77, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 77, we do this:

(77 x 5)/100 = 3.85

Next, we simply subtract 3.85 from 77 like this:

77 - 3.85 = 73.15.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 77 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

73.15

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