What is 98 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 98 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 98 is, and then we deduct that amount from 98 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 98, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 98, we do this:

(98 x 5)/100 = 4.9

Next, we simply subtract 4.9 from 98 like this:

98 - 4.9 = 93.1.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 98 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

93.1

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