What is 600 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 600 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 600 is, and then we deduct that amount from 600 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 600, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 600, we do this:

(600 x 2)/100 = 12

Next, we simply subtract 12 from 600 like this:

600 - 12 = 588.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 600 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

588

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