Step 1:
The first step to converting 28166736.948578 to a fraction is to re-write 28166736.948578 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 28166736.948578 can be written as simply 28166736.948578/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 28166736.948578, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 28166736.948578/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 28166736.948578/1 each by 1000000:
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 28166736.948578 as a fraction:
28166736/1 / 1