488 is 98 percent of what number?
If you take 98 percent of a number and get 488, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 98 percent of a number is 488 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 488 by 100 and then divide the total by 98 as follows: (488 x 100) / 98
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
497.96
Therefore, the answer to "488 is 98 percent of what number?" is 497.96, and you can also derive that 98 percent of 497.96 equals 488.
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