Step 1:
The first step to converting 159093.26838738 to a fraction is to re-write 159093.26838738 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 159093.26838738 can be written as simply 159093.26838738/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 159093.26838738, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 159093.26838738/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 159093.26838738/1 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 159093.26838738 as a fraction:
477280/3 / 1