Step 1:
The first step to converting 16987032.715965 to a fraction is to re-write 16987032.715965 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 16987032.715965 can be written as simply 16987032.715965/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 16987032.715965, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16987032.715965/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16987032.715965/1 each by 1000000:
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 16987032.715965 as a fraction:
16987032/1 / 1