What is 838 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 838 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 838 is, and then we deduct that amount from 838 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 838, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 838, we do this:

(838 x 2)/100 = 16.76

Next, we simply subtract 16.76 from 838 like this:

838 - 16.76 = 821.24.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 838 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

821.24

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