Step 1:
The first step to converting 73956.99980685 to a fraction is to re-write 73956.99980685 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 73956.99980685 can be written as simply 73956.99980685/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 73956.99980685, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 73956.99980685/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 73956.99980685/1 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 73956.99980685 as a fraction:
73957/1 / 1