Step 1:
The first step to converting 20837.274652028 to a fraction is to re-write 20837.274652028 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 20837.274652028 can be written as simply 20837.274652028/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 20837.274652028, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 20837.274652028/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 20837.274652028/1 each by 1000000000:
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 20837.274652028 as a fraction:
145861/7 / 1