What is 116 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 116 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 116 is, and then we deduct that amount from 116 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 116, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 116, we do this:

(116 x 2)/100 = 2.32

Next, we simply subtract 2.32 from 116 like this:

116 - 2.32 = 113.68.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 116 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

113.68

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