What is 225 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 225 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 225 is, and then we deduct that amount from 225 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 225, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 225, we do this:

(225 x 2)/100 = 4.5

Next, we simply subtract 4.5 from 225 like this:

225 - 4.5 = 220.5.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 225 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

220.5

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