What is 80 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 80 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 80 is, and then we deduct that amount from 80 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 80, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 80, we do this:

(80 x 2)/100 = 1.6

Next, we simply subtract 1.6 from 80 like this:

80 - 1.6 = 78.4.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 80 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

78.4

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