Step 1:
The first step to converting 24500.13387888 to a fraction is to re-write 24500.13387888 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 24500.13387888 can be written as simply 24500.13387888/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 24500.13387888, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24500.13387888/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24500.13387888/1 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 24500.13387888 as a fraction:
171501/7 / 1