Step 1:
The first step to converting 165563436.71842 to a fraction is to re-write 165563436.71842 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 165563436.71842 can be written as simply 165563436.71842/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 165563436.71842, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 165563436.71842/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 165563436.71842/1 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 165563436.71842 as a fraction:
165563436/1 / 1