What is 200 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 200 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 200 is, and then we deduct that amount from 200 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 200, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 200, we do this:

(200 x 2)/100 = 4

Next, we simply subtract 4 from 200 like this:

200 - 4 = 196.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 200 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

196

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