What is 2 minus 8 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 2 minus 8 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 8 percent of 2 is, and then we deduct that amount from 2 to get the answer.

To get the 8 percent from any number such as 2, we multiply the number by 8 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 8 percent of 2, we do this:

(2 x 8)/100 = 0.16

Next, we simply subtract 0.16 from 2 like this:

2 - 0.16 = 1.84.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 2 minus 8 percent?" is as follows:

1.84

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