Step 1:
The first step to converting 13642450.258805 to a fraction is to re-write 13642450.258805 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 13642450.258805 can be written as simply 13642450.258805/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 13642450.258805, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13642450.258805/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13642450.258805/1 each by 1000000:
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 13642450.258805 as a fraction:
13642450/1 / 1