Step 1:
The first step to converting 271785874.28296 to a fraction is to re-write 271785874.28296 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 271785874.28296 can be written as simply 271785874.28296/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 271785874.28296, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 271785874.28296/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 271785874.28296/1 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 271785874.28296 as a fraction:
271785874/1 / 1