Step 1:
The first step to converting 471847.8084578 to a fraction is to re-write 471847.8084578 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 471847.8084578 can be written as simply 471847.8084578/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 471847.8084578, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471847.8084578/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471847.8084578/1 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 471847.8084578 as a fraction:
471848/1 / 1