Step 1:
The first step to converting 16942.875357184 to a fraction is to re-write 16942.875357184 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 16942.875357184 can be written as simply 16942.875357184/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 16942.875357184, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16942.875357184/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16942.875357184/1 each by 1000000000:
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 16942.875357184 as a fraction:
135543/8 / 1