What is 2 minus 17 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 2 minus 17 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 17 percent of 2 is, and then we deduct that amount from 2 to get the answer.

To get the 17 percent from any number such as 2, we multiply the number by 17 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 17 percent of 2, we do this:

(2 x 17)/100 = 0.34

Next, we simply subtract 0.34 from 2 like this:

2 - 0.34 = 1.66.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 2 minus 17 percent?" is as follows:

1.66

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