What is 50 minus 60 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 50 minus 60 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 60 percent of 50 is, and then we deduct that amount from 50 to get the answer.

To get the 60 percent from any number such as 50, we multiply the number by 60 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 60 percent of 50, we do this:

(50 x 60)/100 = 30

Next, we simply subtract 30 from 50 like this:

50 - 30 = 20.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 50 minus 60 percent?" is as follows:

20

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