What is 427 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 427 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 427 is, and then we deduct that amount from 427 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 427, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 427, we do this:

(427 x 2)/100 = 8.54

Next, we simply subtract 8.54 from 427 like this:

427 - 8.54 = 418.46.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 427 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

418.46

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