Step 1:
The first step to converting 186479.23412036 to a fraction is to re-write 186479.23412036 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 186479.23412036 can be written as simply 186479.23412036/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 186479.23412036, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 186479.23412036/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 186479.23412036/1 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 186479.23412036 as a fraction:
745917/4 / 1