Step 1:
The first step to converting 731451.16278472 to a fraction is to re-write 731451.16278472 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 731451.16278472 can be written as simply 731451.16278472/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 731451.16278472, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 731451.16278472/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 731451.16278472/1 each by 100000000:
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 731451.16278472 as a fraction:
731451/1 / 1