Step 1:
The first step to converting 202365.42523742 to a fraction is to re-write 202365.42523742 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 202365.42523742 can be written as simply 202365.42523742/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 202365.42523742, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 202365.42523742/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 202365.42523742/1 each by 100000000:
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 202365.42523742 as a fraction:
404731/2 / 1