Step 1:
The first step to converting 12500.9701 to a fraction is to re-write 12500.9701 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 12500.9701 can be written as simply 12500.9701/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 12500.9701, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 12500.9701/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 12500.9701/1 each by 10000:
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 12500.9701 as a fraction:
412532/33 / 1