Step 1:
The first step to converting 3217372.859871 to a fraction is to re-write 3217372.859871 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 3217372.859871 can be written as simply 3217372.859871/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 3217372.859871, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3217372.859871/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3217372.859871/1 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 3217372.859871 as a fraction:
3217372/1 / 1