Step 1:
The first step to converting 7187163.0862485 to a fraction is to re-write 7187163.0862485 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7187163.0862485 can be written as simply 7187163.0862485/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7187163.0862485, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7187163.0862485/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7187163.0862485/1 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 7187163.0862485 as a fraction:
7187163/1 / 1