Step 1:
The first step to converting 27947959.87473 to a fraction is to re-write 27947959.87473 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27947959.87473 can be written as simply 27947959.87473/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27947959.87473, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27947959.87473/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27947959.87473/1 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 27947959.87473 as a fraction:
27947959/1 / 1