Step 1:
The first step to converting 21872600.144878 to a fraction is to re-write 21872600.144878 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 21872600.144878 can be written as simply 21872600.144878/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 21872600.144878, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 21872600.144878/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 21872600.144878/1 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 21872600.144878 as a fraction:
21872600/1 / 1