Step 1:
The first step to converting 494847.38700277 to a fraction is to re-write 494847.38700277 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 494847.38700277 can be written as simply 494847.38700277/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 494847.38700277, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 494847.38700277/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 494847.38700277/1 each by 100000000:
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 494847.38700277 as a fraction:
494847/1 / 1