What is 285 minus 7 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 285 minus 7 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 7 percent of 285 is, and then we deduct that amount from 285 to get the answer.

To get the 7 percent from any number such as 285, we multiply the number by 7 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 7 percent of 285, we do this:

(285 x 7)/100 = 19.95

Next, we simply subtract 19.95 from 285 like this:

285 - 19.95 = 265.05.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 285 minus 7 percent?" is as follows:

265.05

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