Step 1:
The first step to converting 4131.7173 to a fraction is to re-write 4131.7173 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4131.7173 can be written as simply 4131.7173/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4131.7173, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4131.7173/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4131.7173/1 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 4131.7173 as a fraction:
28922/7 / 1