Step 1:
The first step to converting 88655499.21572 to a fraction is to re-write 88655499.21572 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 88655499.21572 can be written as simply 88655499.21572/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 88655499.21572, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 88655499.21572/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 88655499.21572/1 each by 100000:
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 88655499.21572 as a fraction:
88655499/1 / 1