Step 1:
The first step to converting 1784.4588 to a fraction is to re-write 1784.4588 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1784.4588 can be written as simply 1784.4588/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1784.4588, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1784.4588/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1784.4588/1 each by 10000:
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 1784.4588 as a fraction:
42827/24 / 1