What is 31 minus 9 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 31 minus 9 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 9 percent of 31 is, and then we deduct that amount from 31 to get the answer.

To get the 9 percent from any number such as 31, we multiply the number by 9 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 9 percent of 31, we do this:

(31 x 9)/100 = 2.79

Next, we simply subtract 2.79 from 31 like this:

31 - 2.79 = 28.21.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 31 minus 9 percent?" is as follows:

28.21

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