Step 1:
The first step to converting 820145.8597001 to a fraction is to re-write 820145.8597001 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 820145.8597001 can be written as simply 820145.8597001/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 820145.8597001, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 820145.8597001/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 820145.8597001/1 each by 10000000:
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 820145.8597001 as a fraction:
820146/1 / 1