Step 1:
The first step to converting 688748298.29252 to a fraction is to re-write 688748298.29252 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 688748298.29252 can be written as simply 688748298.29252/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 688748298.29252, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 688748298.29252/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 688748298.29252/1 each by 100000:
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 688748298.29252 as a fraction:
688748298/1 / 1