Step 1:
The first step to converting 103428853.73501 to a fraction is to re-write 103428853.73501 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 103428853.73501 can be written as simply 103428853.73501/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 103428853.73501, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 103428853.73501/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 103428853.73501/1 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 103428853.73501 as a fraction:
103428853/1 / 1