Use this percentage minus calculator to subtract percentage or decrease a number by a percentage.
See also: Increase a number by a percentage
We simply multiply the number with (1-percentage) to decrease it by that many percent:-
Percent-subtracted value = N ×(1-p/100);
Where,
p is the percentage reduced or subtracted from from number N
The same calculation is used by shoppers to calculate savings on discount sales and for retailers to set a selling price at a desired margin.
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