Step 1:
The first step to converting 472697.02886536 to a fraction is to re-write 472697.02886536 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 472697.02886536 can be written as simply 472697.02886536/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 472697.02886536, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 472697.02886536/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 472697.02886536/1 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 472697.02886536 as a fraction:
472697/1 / 1