What is 78 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 78 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 78 is, and then we deduct that amount from 78 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 78, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 78, we do this:

(78 x 5)/100 = 3.9

Next, we simply subtract 3.9 from 78 like this:

78 - 3.9 = 74.1.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 78 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

74.1

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