Step 1:
The first step to converting 7184.175 to a fraction is to re-write 7184.175 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7184.175 can be written as simply 7184.175/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7184.175, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7184.175/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7184.175/1 each by 1000:
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 7184.175 as a fraction:
122131/17 / 1