Step 1:
The first step to converting 877.9794 to a fraction is to re-write 877.9794 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 877.9794 can be written as simply 877.9794/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 877.9794, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 877.9794/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 877.9794/1 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 877.9794 as a fraction:
42143/48 / 1