Step 1:
The first step to converting 10602916.21697 to a fraction is to re-write 10602916.21697 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 10602916.21697 can be written as simply 10602916.21697/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 10602916.21697, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 10602916.21697/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 10602916.21697/1 each by 100000:
Step 3:
Now the last step is to simplify the fraction (if possible) by finding similar factors and cancelling them out, which leads to the following answer for 10602916.21697 as a fraction:
10602916/1 / 1