What is 162 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 162 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 162 is, and then we deduct that amount from 162 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 162, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 162, we do this:

(162 x 2)/100 = 3.24

Next, we simply subtract 3.24 from 162 like this:

162 - 3.24 = 158.76.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 162 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

158.76

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