Step 1:
The first step to converting 8503087.18375 to a fraction is to re-write 8503087.18375 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8503087.18375 can be written as simply 8503087.18375/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8503087.18375, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8503087.18375/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8503087.18375/1 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 8503087.18375 as a fraction:
8503087/1 / 1