Step 1:
The first step to converting 217674273.10434 to a fraction is to re-write 217674273.10434 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217674273.10434 can be written as simply 217674273.10434/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217674273.10434, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217674273.10434/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217674273.10434/1 each by 100000:
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 217674273.10434 as a fraction:
217674273/1 / 1