What is 42 minus 6 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 42 minus 6 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 6 percent of 42 is, and then we deduct that amount from 42 to get the answer.

To get the 6 percent from any number such as 42, we multiply the number by 6 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 6 percent of 42, we do this:

(42 x 6)/100 = 2.52

Next, we simply subtract 2.52 from 42 like this:

42 - 2.52 = 39.48.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 42 minus 6 percent?" is as follows:

39.48

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