The fraction 17/97 is equal to 17.53% when converted to a percentage and rounded to the nearest two decimal places. This percentage represents the portion of 17 parts out of a total of 97 parts. It's a relatively small percentage, falling below 20%, which means it's less than one-fifth of the whole.
To put this in perspective, if you had a pizza cut into 97 slices and took 17 of them, you'd have about 17.53% of the pizza. This fraction and percentage might come up in various real-world situations, such as calculating probabilities, expressing test scores, or determining the composition of a mixture. While 17/97 isn't a common fraction you'd encounter every day, understanding its percentage equivalent can be useful in certain contexts.