Step 1:
The first step to converting 16988485.978475 to a fraction is to re-write 16988485.978475 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 16988485.978475 can be written as simply 16988485.978475/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 16988485.978475, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16988485.978475/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16988485.978475/1 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 16988485.978475 as a fraction:
16988485/1 / 1