Step 1:
The first step to converting 17055491.84139 to a fraction is to re-write 17055491.84139 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 17055491.84139 can be written as simply 17055491.84139/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 17055491.84139, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17055491.84139/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17055491.84139/1 each by 100000:
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 17055491.84139 as a fraction:
17055491/1 / 1