Step 1:
The first step to converting 87409.573593848 to a fraction is to re-write 87409.573593848 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 87409.573593848 can be written as simply 87409.573593848/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 87409.573593848, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87409.573593848/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87409.573593848/1 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 87409.573593848 as a fraction:
174819/2 / 1