Step 1:
The first step to converting 157090.68142397 to a fraction is to re-write 157090.68142397 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 157090.68142397 can be written as simply 157090.68142397/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 157090.68142397, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157090.68142397/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157090.68142397/1 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 157090.68142397 as a fraction:
471272/3 / 1