Step 1:
The first step to converting 4787.8789817 to a fraction is to re-write 4787.8789817 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4787.8789817 can be written as simply 4787.8789817/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4787.8789817, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4787.8789817/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4787.8789817/1 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 4787.8789817 as a fraction:
38303/8 / 1