Step 1:
The first step to converting 157795242.76659 to a fraction is to re-write 157795242.76659 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 157795242.76659 can be written as simply 157795242.76659/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 157795242.76659, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157795242.76659/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157795242.76659/1 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 157795242.76659 as a fraction:
157795242/1 / 1