Step 1:
The first step to converting 517292.60038338 to a fraction is to re-write 517292.60038338 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 517292.60038338 can be written as simply 517292.60038338/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 517292.60038338, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 517292.60038338/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 517292.60038338/1 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 517292.60038338 as a fraction:
517293/1 / 1