What is 5 percent less than 300? What is the formula used to calculate 5 percent less than 300? How can we calculate 5 percent less than 300?
Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 5 percent less than 300 (5% less than 300), and then we will calculate the answer to 5 percent less than 300 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 5 percent less than 300 looks like.
The formula used to calculate 5 percent less than 300, as well as other percent less than problems, can be seen below:
PL = OV - ((P ÷ 100) × OV)
PL (Percent Less) is the answer we want, P (%) is the percent, and OV (Original Value) is the starting value. Therefore, when we substitute 5 for P and 300 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 5 percent less than 300, as solved here:
PL = 300 - ((5 ÷ 100) × 300)
PL = 300 - (0.05 × 300)
PL = 300 - 15
PL = 285
5% less than 300 = 285
So, how does our formula work to calculate 5 percent less than 300? First, it takes 5 percent of 300, and then we subtract that result from 300 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 5 percent less than 300.
In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 300, and the area shaded in red is 5 percent of 300. In other words, blue is 285, red is 15, and blue plus red is 300.
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