Step 1:
The first step to converting 4462.4318673 to a fraction is to re-write 4462.4318673 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4462.4318673 can be written as simply 4462.4318673/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4462.4318673, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4462.4318673/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4462.4318673/1 each by 10000000:
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 4462.4318673 as a fraction:
31237/7 / 1