What is 142 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 142 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 142 is, and then we deduct that amount from 142 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 142, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 142, we do this:

(142 x 2)/100 = 2.84

Next, we simply subtract 2.84 from 142 like this:

142 - 2.84 = 139.16.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 142 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

139.16

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