Step 1:
The first step to converting 720971450.8589 to a fraction is to re-write 720971450.8589 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 720971450.8589 can be written as simply 720971450.8589/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 720971450.8589, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 720971450.8589/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 720971450.8589/1 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 720971450.8589 as a fraction:
720971450/1 / 1