Step 1:
The first step to converting 77861.849916848 to a fraction is to re-write 77861.849916848 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 77861.849916848 can be written as simply 77861.849916848/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 77861.849916848, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 77861.849916848/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 77861.849916848/1 each by 1000000000:
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 77861.849916848 as a fraction:
467171/6 / 1