The fraction 61/84 is equal to 72.62% when converted to a percentage and rounded to two decimal places. This percentage represents how much of the whole (84) is taken up by the part (61). It's a way to express the fraction as parts per hundred, which can be easier to understand in some contexts.
When we think about 72.62%, it means that for every 100 units, about 73 of them would be counted. In real-world terms, if you had a jar of 84 marbles and 61 of them were blue, you could say that 72.62% of the marbles in the jar are blue. This percentage gives us a quick way to grasp the proportion without having to think about the original fraction.