Step 1:
The first step to converting 157896.29169042 to a fraction is to re-write 157896.29169042 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 157896.29169042 can be written as simply 157896.29169042/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 157896.29169042, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157896.29169042/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157896.29169042/1 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 157896.29169042 as a fraction:
473689/3 / 1