What is 788 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 788 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 788 is, and then we deduct that amount from 788 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 788, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 788, we do this:

(788 x 5)/100 = 39.4

Next, we simply subtract 39.4 from 788 like this:

788 - 39.4 = 748.6.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 788 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

748.6

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