What is 17 minus 97 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 17 minus 97 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 97 percent of 17 is, and then we deduct that amount from 17 to get the answer.

To get the 97 percent from any number such as 17, we multiply the number by 97 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 97 percent of 17, we do this:

(17 x 97)/100 = 16.49

Next, we simply subtract 16.49 from 17 like this:

17 - 16.49 = 0.51.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 17 minus 97 percent?" is as follows:

0.51

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