What is 79 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 79 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 79 is, and then we deduct that amount from 79 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 79, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 79, we do this:

(79 x 5)/100 = 3.95

Next, we simply subtract 3.95 from 79 like this:

79 - 3.95 = 75.05.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 79 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

75.05

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