What is 271 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 271 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 271 is, and then we deduct that amount from 271 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 271, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 271, we do this:

(271 x 2)/100 = 5.42

Next, we simply subtract 5.42 from 271 like this:

271 - 5.42 = 265.58.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 271 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

265.58

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