What is 408 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 408 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 408 is, and then we deduct that amount from 408 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 408, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 408, we do this:

(408 x 2)/100 = 8.16

Next, we simply subtract 8.16 from 408 like this:

408 - 8.16 = 399.84.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 408 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

399.84

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