Step 1:
The first step to converting 588461.1436448 to a fraction is to re-write 588461.1436448 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 588461.1436448 can be written as simply 588461.1436448/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 588461.1436448, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 588461.1436448/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 588461.1436448/1 each by 10000000:
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 588461.1436448 as a fraction:
588461/1 / 1