Step 1:
The first step to converting 17020.73193631 to a fraction is to re-write 17020.73193631 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 17020.73193631 can be written as simply 17020.73193631/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 17020.73193631, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17020.73193631/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17020.73193631/1 each by 100000000:
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 17020.73193631 as a fraction:
187228/11 / 1