Step 1:
The first step to converting 27997.470712366 to a fraction is to re-write 27997.470712366 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27997.470712366 can be written as simply 27997.470712366/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27997.470712366, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27997.470712366/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27997.470712366/1 each by 1000000000:
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 27997.470712366 as a fraction:
475957/17 / 1