Step 1:
The first step to converting 586978.66223064 to a fraction is to re-write 586978.66223064 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 586978.66223064 can be written as simply 586978.66223064/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 586978.66223064, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 586978.66223064/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 586978.66223064/1 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 586978.66223064 as a fraction:
586979/1 / 1