Step 1:
The first step to converting 359045.517714 to a fraction is to re-write 359045.517714 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 359045.517714 can be written as simply 359045.517714/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 359045.517714, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 359045.517714/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 359045.517714/1 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 359045.517714 as a fraction:
718091/2 / 1