Step 1:
The first step to converting 487043.7141316 to a fraction is to re-write 487043.7141316 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 487043.7141316 can be written as simply 487043.7141316/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 487043.7141316, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 487043.7141316/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 487043.7141316/1 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 487043.7141316 as a fraction:
487044/1 / 1