What is 502 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 502 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 502 is, and then we deduct that amount from 502 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 502, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 502, we do this:

(502 x 3)/100 = 15.06

Next, we simply subtract 15.06 from 502 like this:

502 - 15.06 = 486.94.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 502 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

486.94

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