Step 1:
The first step to converting 14045677.40397 to a fraction is to re-write 14045677.40397 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 14045677.40397 can be written as simply 14045677.40397/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 14045677.40397, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 14045677.40397/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 14045677.40397/1 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 14045677.40397 as a fraction:
14045677/1 / 1