What is 230 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 230 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 230 is, and then we deduct that amount from 230 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 230, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 230, we do this:

(230 x 2)/100 = 4.6

Next, we simply subtract 4.6 from 230 like this:

230 - 4.6 = 225.4.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 230 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

225.4

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