97 times what equals 45?

97 times what equals 45? In other words, what do you multiply by 97 to get 45? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "97 times what equals 45?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

97 • x = 45

Which can be written as:

97x = 45

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 97 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 97.

97x/97 = 45/97

97x/97 is x and 45/97 is 0.4639 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.4639

Thus, the answer to "97 times what equals 45?" is 0.4639.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.4639 by 97 to see that it equals 45. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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