Step 1:
The first step to converting 87271573.973256 to a fraction is to re-write 87271573.973256 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 87271573.973256 can be written as simply 87271573.973256/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 87271573.973256, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87271573.973256/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87271573.973256/1 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 87271573.973256 as a fraction:
87271573/1 / 1