Step 1:
The first step to converting 155999.71658562 to a fraction is to re-write 155999.71658562 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 155999.71658562 can be written as simply 155999.71658562/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 155999.71658562, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 155999.71658562/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 155999.71658562/1 each by 100000000:
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 155999.71658562 as a fraction:
467999/3 / 1