Step 1:
The first step to converting 3497.5325 to a fraction is to re-write 3497.5325 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 3497.5325 can be written as simply 3497.5325/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 3497.5325, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3497.5325/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3497.5325/1 each by 10000:
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 3497.5325 as a fraction:
52463/15 / 1