Step 1:
The first step to converting 86524.297655368 to a fraction is to re-write 86524.297655368 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 86524.297655368 can be written as simply 86524.297655368/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 86524.297655368, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 86524.297655368/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 86524.297655368/1 each by 1000000000:
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 86524.297655368 as a fraction:
259573/3 / 1