Step 1:
The first step to converting 8459.286362042 to a fraction is to re-write 8459.286362042 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8459.286362042 can be written as simply 8459.286362042/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8459.286362042, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8459.286362042/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8459.286362042/1 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 8459.286362042 as a fraction:
59215/7 / 1