Step 1:
The first step to converting 8542477.990271 to a fraction is to re-write 8542477.990271 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8542477.990271 can be written as simply 8542477.990271/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8542477.990271, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8542477.990271/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8542477.990271/1 each by 1000000:
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 8542477.990271 as a fraction:
8542477/1 / 1