SOLUTION: how do you subtract a percentage from a number ? 152 - 1.45% =first you need to find out what is 1.45%of 152 my favorite solution to percentages is %/100 =is/of 1.45%/100 =blan

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Question 3678: how do you subtract a percentage from a number ?
152 - 1.45% =first you need to find out what is 1.45%of 152 my favorite solution to percentages is
%/100 =is/of
1.45%/100 =blank over 152
multiply 152 times 1.45% then divide by 100 you get 2.204
subtract 2.204 from 152 to get 149.796 you will need to round this and you will have the correct answer

Answer by Abbey(339) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can recognize that 100%-1.45%=98.55%, so you can multiply:
152*.9855 = 149.796 rounded to 149.80