What is 98 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 98 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 98 is, and then we deduct that amount from 98 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 98, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 98, we do this:

(98 x 2)/100 = 1.96

Next, we simply subtract 1.96 from 98 like this:

98 - 1.96 = 96.04.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 98 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

96.04

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