What is 550 minus 9 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 550 minus 9 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 9 percent of 550 is, and then we deduct that amount from 550 to get the answer.

To get the 9 percent from any number such as 550, we multiply the number by 9 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 9 percent of 550, we do this:

(550 x 9)/100 = 49.5

Next, we simply subtract 49.5 from 550 like this:

550 - 49.5 = 500.5.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 550 minus 9 percent?" is as follows:

500.5

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