Step 1:
The first step to converting 840478575.35487 to a fraction is to re-write 840478575.35487 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 840478575.35487 can be written as simply 840478575.35487/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 840478575.35487, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 840478575.35487/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 840478575.35487/1 each by 100000:
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 840478575.35487 as a fraction:
840478575/1 / 1