Step 1:
The first step to converting 13518.0375 to a fraction is to re-write 13518.0375 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 13518.0375 can be written as simply 13518.0375/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 13518.0375, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13518.0375/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13518.0375/1 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 13518.0375 as a fraction:
351469/26 / 1