Step 1:
The first step to converting 117972.40187537 to a fraction is to re-write 117972.40187537 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 117972.40187537 can be written as simply 117972.40187537/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 117972.40187537, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117972.40187537/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117972.40187537/1 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 117972.40187537 as a fraction:
235945/2 / 1