Step 1:
The first step to converting 19500.359957242 to a fraction is to re-write 19500.359957242 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 19500.359957242 can be written as simply 19500.359957242/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 19500.359957242, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 19500.359957242/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 19500.359957242/1 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 19500.359957242 as a fraction:
214504/11 / 1