Step 1:
The first step to converting 7987.3975 to a fraction is to re-write 7987.3975 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7987.3975 can be written as simply 7987.3975/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7987.3975, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7987.3975/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7987.3975/1 each by 10000:
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 7987.3975 as a fraction:
39937/5 / 1