Step 1:
The first step to converting 247435.71721412 to a fraction is to re-write 247435.71721412 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 247435.71721412 can be written as simply 247435.71721412/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 247435.71721412, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 247435.71721412/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 247435.71721412/1 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 247435.71721412 as a fraction:
742307/3 / 1