What is 170 minus 6 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 170 minus 6 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 6 percent of 170 is, and then we deduct that amount from 170 to get the answer.

To get the 6 percent from any number such as 170, we multiply the number by 6 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 6 percent of 170, we do this:

(170 x 6)/100 = 10.2

Next, we simply subtract 10.2 from 170 like this:

170 - 10.2 = 159.8.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 170 minus 6 percent?" is as follows:

159.8

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