Step 1:
The first step to converting 32173283.538822 to a fraction is to re-write 32173283.538822 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 32173283.538822 can be written as simply 32173283.538822/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 32173283.538822, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 32173283.538822/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 32173283.538822/1 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 32173283.538822 as a fraction:
32173283/1 / 1