Step 1:
The first step to converting 488500394.73889 to a fraction is to re-write 488500394.73889 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 488500394.73889 can be written as simply 488500394.73889/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 488500394.73889, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 488500394.73889/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 488500394.73889/1 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 488500394.73889 as a fraction:
488500394/1 / 1