What is 79 minus 9 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 79 minus 9 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 9 percent of 79 is, and then we deduct that amount from 79 to get the answer.

To get the 9 percent from any number such as 79, we multiply the number by 9 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 9 percent of 79, we do this:

(79 x 9)/100 = 7.11

Next, we simply subtract 7.11 from 79 like this:

79 - 7.11 = 71.89.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 79 minus 9 percent?" is as follows:

71.89

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