Step 1:
The first step to converting 17948318.331883 to a fraction is to re-write 17948318.331883 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 17948318.331883 can be written as simply 17948318.331883/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 17948318.331883, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17948318.331883/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 17948318.331883/1 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 17948318.331883 as a fraction:
17948318/1 / 1