Step 1:
The first step to converting 8587.55131095 to a fraction is to re-write 8587.55131095 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8587.55131095 can be written as simply 8587.55131095/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8587.55131095, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8587.55131095/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8587.55131095/1 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 8587.55131095 as a fraction:
77288/9 / 1