Step 1:
The first step to converting 19272.820978424 to a fraction is to re-write 19272.820978424 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 19272.820978424 can be written as simply 19272.820978424/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 19272.820978424, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 19272.820978424/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 19272.820978424/1 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 19272.820978424 as a fraction:
115637/6 / 1