Step 1:
The first step to converting 19573.842437724 to a fraction is to re-write 19573.842437724 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 19573.842437724 can be written as simply 19573.842437724/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 19573.842437724, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 19573.842437724/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 19573.842437724/1 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 19573.842437724 as a fraction:
117443/6 / 1