Step 1:
The first step to converting 86036550.429485 to a fraction is to re-write 86036550.429485 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 86036550.429485 can be written as simply 86036550.429485/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 86036550.429485, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 86036550.429485/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 86036550.429485/1 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 86036550.429485 as a fraction:
86036550/1 / 1