Step 1:
The first step to converting 531480.47338455 to a fraction is to re-write 531480.47338455 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 531480.47338455 can be written as simply 531480.47338455/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 531480.47338455, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 531480.47338455/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 531480.47338455/1 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 531480.47338455 as a fraction:
531480/1 / 1