Step 1:
The first step to converting 48868.458750351 to a fraction is to re-write 48868.458750351 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 48868.458750351 can be written as simply 48868.458750351/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 48868.458750351, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 48868.458750351/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 48868.458750351/1 each by 1000000000:
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 48868.458750351 as a fraction:
97737/2 / 1