Step 1:
The first step to converting 177400.42523934 to a fraction is to re-write 177400.42523934 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 177400.42523934 can be written as simply 177400.42523934/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 177400.42523934, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 177400.42523934/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 177400.42523934/1 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 177400.42523934 as a fraction:
354801/2 / 1