What is 47 minus 9 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 47 minus 9 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 9 percent of 47 is, and then we deduct that amount from 47 to get the answer.

To get the 9 percent from any number such as 47, we multiply the number by 9 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 9 percent of 47, we do this:

(47 x 9)/100 = 4.23

Next, we simply subtract 4.23 from 47 like this:

47 - 4.23 = 42.77.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 47 minus 9 percent?" is as follows:

42.77

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