The fraction 45/85 can be expressed as a percentage: 52.94%. This percentage is rounded to the nearest two decimal places. When we think about fractions as parts of a whole, 45/85 represents about half of the total, plus a little extra.
To put this in perspective, imagine a pizza cut into 85 slices. If you ate 45 of those slices, you'd have consumed 52.94% of the pizza. That's more than half, but not quite as much as three-quarters. In everyday situations, this fraction might come up when dealing with things like test scores, survey results, or even cooking measurements.