Step 1:
The first step to converting 63462.878241234 to a fraction is to re-write 63462.878241234 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 63462.878241234 can be written as simply 63462.878241234/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 63462.878241234, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 63462.878241234/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 63462.878241234/1 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 63462.878241234 as a fraction:
507703/8 / 1