Step 1:
The first step to converting 169086.5172873 to a fraction is to re-write 169086.5172873 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 169086.5172873 can be written as simply 169086.5172873/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 169086.5172873, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 169086.5172873/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 169086.5172873/1 each by 10000000:
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 169086.5172873 as a fraction:
338173/2 / 1