Step 1:
The first step to converting 48671.17983 to a fraction is to re-write 48671.17983 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 48671.17983 can be written as simply 48671.17983/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 48671.17983, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 48671.17983/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 48671.17983/1 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 48671.17983 as a fraction:
243356/5 / 1