What is 470 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 470 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 470 is, and then we deduct that amount from 470 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 470, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 470, we do this:

(470 x 2)/100 = 9.4

Next, we simply subtract 9.4 from 470 like this:

470 - 9.4 = 460.6.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 470 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

460.6

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