Step 1:
The first step to converting 582641.68621972 to a fraction is to re-write 582641.68621972 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 582641.68621972 can be written as simply 582641.68621972/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 582641.68621972, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 582641.68621972/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 582641.68621972/1 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 582641.68621972 as a fraction:
582642/1 / 1