What is 188 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 188 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 188 is, and then we deduct that amount from 188 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 188, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 188, we do this:

(188 x 2)/100 = 3.76

Next, we simply subtract 3.76 from 188 like this:

188 - 3.76 = 184.24.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 188 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

184.24

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