Step 1:
The first step to converting 509197.01520511 to a fraction is to re-write 509197.01520511 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 509197.01520511 can be written as simply 509197.01520511/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 509197.01520511, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 509197.01520511/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 509197.01520511/1 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 509197.01520511 as a fraction:
509197/1 / 1