Step 1:
The first step to converting 472374.81679689 to a fraction is to re-write 472374.81679689 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 472374.81679689 can be written as simply 472374.81679689/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 472374.81679689, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 472374.81679689/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 472374.81679689/1 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 472374.81679689 as a fraction:
472375/1 / 1