Step 1:
The first step to converting 8730.8675 to a fraction is to re-write 8730.8675 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8730.8675 can be written as simply 8730.8675/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8730.8675, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8730.8675/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8730.8675/1 each by 10000:
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 8730.8675 as a fraction:
69847/8 / 1