Step 1:
The first step to converting 17027977.579989 to a fraction is to re-write 17027977.579989 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 17027977.579989 can be written as simply 17027977.579989/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 17027977.579989, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17027977.579989/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17027977.579989/1 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 17027977.579989 as a fraction:
17027977/1 / 1