Step 1:
The first step to converting 229582419.42688 to a fraction is to re-write 229582419.42688 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 229582419.42688 can be written as simply 229582419.42688/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 229582419.42688, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 229582419.42688/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 229582419.42688/1 each by 100000:
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 229582419.42688 as a fraction:
229582419/1 / 1