The fraction 21/48 is equal to 43.75% when converted to a percentage. This percentage represents the portion of a whole that 21/48 represents. It's a way to express the fraction in terms of parts per hundred, which can be easier to understand for some people.
When we think about 43.75%, it means that if we had 100 equal parts, this fraction would represent about 44 of those parts. In real-world terms, if you had a pizza cut into 48 slices and you ate 21 of them, you'd have consumed 43.75% of the pizza. This percentage is often used in various fields like statistics, finance, and everyday calculations to express parts of a whole in a standardized way.
