What is 217 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 217 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 217 is, and then we deduct that amount from 217 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 217, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 217, we do this:

(217 x 2)/100 = 4.34

Next, we simply subtract 4.34 from 217 like this:

217 - 4.34 = 212.66.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 217 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

212.66

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