What is 89 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 89 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 89 is, and then we deduct that amount from 89 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 89, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 89, we do this:

(89 x 2)/100 = 1.78

Next, we simply subtract 1.78 from 89 like this:

89 - 1.78 = 87.22.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 89 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

87.22

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