What is 849 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 849 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 849 is, and then we deduct that amount from 849 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 849, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 849, we do this:

(849 x 5)/100 = 42.45

Next, we simply subtract 42.45 from 849 like this:

849 - 42.45 = 806.55.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 849 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

806.55

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