Step 1:
The first step to converting 486682074.48496 to a fraction is to re-write 486682074.48496 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 486682074.48496 can be written as simply 486682074.48496/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 486682074.48496, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 486682074.48496/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 486682074.48496/1 each by 100000:
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 486682074.48496 as a fraction:
486682074/1 / 1