Step 1:
The first step to converting 7178556.5726 to a fraction is to re-write 7178556.5726 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7178556.5726 can be written as simply 7178556.5726/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7178556.5726, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7178556.5726/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7178556.5726/1 each by 10000:
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 7178556.5726 as a fraction:
7178556/1 / 1