Step 1:
The first step to converting 188540.429721 to a fraction is to re-write 188540.429721 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 188540.429721 can be written as simply 188540.429721/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 188540.429721, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 188540.429721/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 188540.429721/1 each by 1000000:
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 188540.429721 as a fraction:
377081/2 / 1