97 inches in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 97 inches to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{in}=0.254\mathrm{dm}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of decimeters.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 97 ⁢ in = 24.638 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0405877100413995 times 97 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 97 inches is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0405877100413995}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: ninety-seven inches is about twenty-four point six four decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero point zero four times ninety-seven inches.