Step 1:
The first step to converting 82655.720961377 to a fraction is to re-write 82655.720961377 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 82655.720961377 can be written as simply 82655.720961377/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 82655.720961377, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 82655.720961377/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 82655.720961377/1 each by 1000000000:
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 82655.720961377 as a fraction:
247967/3 / 1