What is 97 percent of 491?
Answer: 476.27
Below you can find the procedure and formula used to arrive at the above answer.
Steps:
Lets assume 97 percent of 491 is X.
Therefore, we can also say, X = 97% of 491
97% can also be written as 97/100, because percent denotes a number per 100.
So, X = 97/100 × 491
Or, X = 0.97 × 491
So, X = 476.27
So, 97% of 491 is 476.27
(You may also first multiply 97 with 491, and then divide by 100 to find the answer, if that's easier for you.)
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Now that we have calculated the answer, lets verify it using the percentage formula.
Answer verification
Percentage = Value/Total Value × 100
LHS (Percentage) = 97
RHS = 476.27/491 × 100
Or, RHS = 0.97 × 100
So, RHS = 97
We can see that LHS = RHS, hence it's proved.