Step 1:
The first step to converting 55649.230201713 to a fraction is to re-write 55649.230201713 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 55649.230201713 can be written as simply 55649.230201713/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 55649.230201713, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55649.230201713/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55649.230201713/1 each by 1000000000:
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 55649.230201713 as a fraction:
222597/4 / 1