What is 700 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 700 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 700 is, and then we deduct that amount from 700 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 700, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 700, we do this:

(700 x 2)/100 = 14

Next, we simply subtract 14 from 700 like this:

700 - 14 = 686.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 700 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

686

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