What is 99 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 99 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 99 is, and then we deduct that amount from 99 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 99, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 99, we do this:

(99 x 2)/100 = 1.98

Next, we simply subtract 1.98 from 99 like this:

99 - 1.98 = 97.02.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 99 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

97.02

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