What is 509 minus 6 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 509 minus 6 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 6 percent of 509 is, and then we deduct that amount from 509 to get the answer.

To get the 6 percent from any number such as 509, we multiply the number by 6 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 6 percent of 509, we do this:

(509 x 6)/100 = 30.54

Next, we simply subtract 30.54 from 509 like this:

509 - 30.54 = 478.46.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 509 minus 6 percent?" is as follows:

478.46

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