Step 1:
The first step to converting 7979.873 to a fraction is to re-write 7979.873 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7979.873 can be written as simply 7979.873/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7979.873, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7979.873/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7979.873/1 each by 1000:
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 7979.873 as a fraction:
63839/8 / 1