Step 1:
The first step to converting 80517.72722568 to a fraction is to re-write 80517.72722568 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 80517.72722568 can be written as simply 80517.72722568/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 80517.72722568, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 80517.72722568/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 80517.72722568/1 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 80517.72722568 as a fraction:
241553/3 / 1