How to convert 8.720588 as a fraction

Question: What is 8.720588 as a fraction?


Answer: 8.720588 as a fraction is 593/68


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How to convert 8.720588 as a fraction?

Solution:8.720588 as a fraction is 593/68

Step 1:

The first step to converting 8.720588 to a fraction is to re-write 8.720588 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8.720588 can be written as simply 8.720588/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8.720588, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8.720588/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8.720588/1 each by 1000000:

8720588/10 / 1000000/10 = 8720588 / 1000000

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 8.720588 as a fraction:

593/68 / 1

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