Step 1:
The first step to converting 476461.617579 to a fraction is to re-write 476461.617579 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 476461.617579 can be written as simply 476461.617579/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 476461.617579, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 476461.617579/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 476461.617579/1 each by 1000000:
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 476461.617579 as a fraction:
476462/1 / 1