Step 1:
The first step to converting 9701236.3598915 to a fraction is to re-write 9701236.3598915 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 9701236.3598915 can be written as simply 9701236.3598915/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 9701236.3598915, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 9701236.3598915/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 9701236.3598915/1 each by 10000000:
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 9701236.3598915 as a fraction:
9701236/1 / 1