Step 1:
The first step to converting 77731462.62074 to a fraction is to re-write 77731462.62074 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 77731462.62074 can be written as simply 77731462.62074/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 77731462.62074, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 77731462.62074/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 77731462.62074/1 each by 100000:
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 77731462.62074 as a fraction:
77731462/1 / 1