Step 1:
The first step to converting 13711.420546881 to a fraction is to re-write 13711.420546881 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 13711.420546881 can be written as simply 13711.420546881/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 13711.420546881, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13711.420546881/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13711.420546881/1 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 13711.420546881 as a fraction:
95980/7 / 1