What is 480 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 480 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 480 is, and then we deduct that amount from 480 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 480, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 480, we do this:

(480 x 2)/100 = 9.6

Next, we simply subtract 9.6 from 480 like this:

480 - 9.6 = 470.4.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 480 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

470.4

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