Step 1:
The first step to converting 1759.874 to a fraction is to re-write 1759.874 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1759.874 can be written as simply 1759.874/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1759.874, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1759.874/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1759.874/1 each by 1000:
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 1759.874 as a fraction:
14079/8 / 1