Step 1:
The first step to converting 217353.7687311 to a fraction is to re-write 217353.7687311 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217353.7687311 can be written as simply 217353.7687311/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217353.7687311, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217353.7687311/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217353.7687311/1 each by 10000000:
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 217353.7687311 as a fraction:
869415/4 / 1