Step 1:
The first step to converting 850285.76244555 to a fraction is to re-write 850285.76244555 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 850285.76244555 can be written as simply 850285.76244555/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 850285.76244555, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 850285.76244555/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 850285.76244555/1 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 850285.76244555 as a fraction:
850285/1 / 1