72/84 as a percentage is 85.71%. This value is rounded to two decimal places, so it’s easy to read and compare with other percentages.
The fraction 72/84 can also be simplified to 6/7, which shows it’s a large part of a whole. When you see 85.71%, you know the fraction is close to, but not quite, a full 100%.
In everyday terms, if you had 84 pieces of something and you kept 72 of them, you would be holding about 85.71% of the total. It’s a handy way to understand how much you have compared to the whole.
Remember, writing a fraction as a percentage just changes the format, not the amount. The number stays the same, only the way we look at it changes.
