Step 1:
The first step to converting 117742607.48502 to a fraction is to re-write 117742607.48502 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 117742607.48502 can be written as simply 117742607.48502/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 117742607.48502, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117742607.48502/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117742607.48502/1 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 117742607.48502 as a fraction:
117742607/1 / 1