Step 1:
The first step to converting 217312.51494958 to a fraction is to re-write 217312.51494958 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217312.51494958 can be written as simply 217312.51494958/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217312.51494958, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217312.51494958/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217312.51494958/1 each by 100000000:
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 217312.51494958 as a fraction:
434625/2 / 1