What is 499 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 499 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 499 is, and then we deduct that amount from 499 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 499, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 499, we do this:

(499 x 2)/100 = 9.98

Next, we simply subtract 9.98 from 499 like this:

499 - 9.98 = 489.02.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 499 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

489.02

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