What is 739 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 739 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 739 is, and then we deduct that amount from 739 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 739, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 739, we do this:

(739 x 2)/100 = 14.78

Next, we simply subtract 14.78 from 739 like this:

739 - 14.78 = 724.22.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 739 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

724.22

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