Step 1:
The first step to converting 128571.9829437 to a fraction is to re-write 128571.9829437 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 128571.9829437 can be written as simply 128571.9829437/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 128571.9829437, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 128571.9829437/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 128571.9829437/1 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 128571.9829437 as a fraction:
128572/1 / 1