Step 1:
The first step to converting 147635594.43609 to a fraction is to re-write 147635594.43609 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 147635594.43609 can be written as simply 147635594.43609/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 147635594.43609, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 147635594.43609/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 147635594.43609/1 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 147635594.43609 as a fraction:
147635594/1 / 1