What is 71 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 71 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 71 is, and then we deduct that amount from 71 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 71, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 71, we do this:

(71 x 2)/100 = 1.42

Next, we simply subtract 1.42 from 71 like this:

71 - 1.42 = 69.58.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 71 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

69.58

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