What is 800 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 800 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 800 is, and then we deduct that amount from 800 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 800, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 800, we do this:

(800 x 2)/100 = 16

Next, we simply subtract 16 from 800 like this:

800 - 16 = 784.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 800 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

784

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