Step 1:
The first step to converting 10717.731249989 to a fraction is to re-write 10717.731249989 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 10717.731249989 can be written as simply 10717.731249989/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 10717.731249989, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 10717.731249989/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 10717.731249989/1 each by 1000000000:
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 10717.731249989 as a fraction:
117895/11 / 1