Step 1:
The first step to converting 55617.21917959 to a fraction is to re-write 55617.21917959 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 55617.21917959 can be written as simply 55617.21917959/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 55617.21917959, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55617.21917959/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55617.21917959/1 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 55617.21917959 as a fraction:
222469/4 / 1