Step 1:
The first step to converting 78079.90875984 to a fraction is to re-write 78079.90875984 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 78079.90875984 can be written as simply 78079.90875984/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 78079.90875984, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 78079.90875984/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 78079.90875984/1 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 78079.90875984 as a fraction:
780799/10 / 1