Step 1:
The first step to converting 1549.2943 to a fraction is to re-write 1549.2943 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1549.2943 can be written as simply 1549.2943/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1549.2943, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1549.2943/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1549.2943/1 each by 10000:
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 1549.2943 as a fraction:
26338/17 / 1