Step 1:
The first step to converting 80972.04372622 to a fraction is to re-write 80972.04372622 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 80972.04372622 can be written as simply 80972.04372622/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 80972.04372622, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 80972.04372622/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 80972.04372622/1 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 80972.04372622 as a fraction:
80972/1 / 1