What is 840 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 840 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 840 is, and then we deduct that amount from 840 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 840, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 840, we do this:

(840 x 5)/100 = 42

Next, we simply subtract 42 from 840 like this:

840 - 42 = 798.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 840 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

798

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