Step 1:
The first step to converting 186696712.04034 to a fraction is to re-write 186696712.04034 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 186696712.04034 can be written as simply 186696712.04034/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 186696712.04034, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 186696712.04034/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 186696712.04034/1 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 186696712.04034 as a fraction:
186696712/1 / 1