Step 1:
The first step to converting 86935.49724672 to a fraction is to re-write 86935.49724672 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 86935.49724672 can be written as simply 86935.49724672/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 86935.49724672, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 86935.49724672/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 86935.49724672/1 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 86935.49724672 as a fraction:
173871/2 / 1