Step 1:
The first step to converting 471.71728238687 to a fraction is to re-write 471.71728238687 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 471.71728238687 can be written as simply 471.71728238687/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 471.71728238687, which in this case is 11. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471.71728238687/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471.71728238687/1 each by 100000000000:
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 471.71728238687 as a fraction:
21699/46 / 1