What is 488 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 488 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 488 is, and then we deduct that amount from 488 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 488, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 488, we do this:

(488 x 2)/100 = 9.76

Next, we simply subtract 9.76 from 488 like this:

488 - 9.76 = 478.24.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 488 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

478.24

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