Step 1:
The first step to converting 471797.52450501 to a fraction is to re-write 471797.52450501 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 471797.52450501 can be written as simply 471797.52450501/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 471797.52450501, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471797.52450501/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471797.52450501/1 each by 100000000:
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 471797.52450501 as a fraction:
943595/2 / 1