Step 1:
The first step to converting 88498.21502685 to a fraction is to re-write 88498.21502685 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 88498.21502685 can be written as simply 88498.21502685/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 88498.21502685, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 88498.21502685/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 88498.21502685/1 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 88498.21502685 as a fraction:
353993/4 / 1