Step 1:
The first step to converting 236720.4509174 to a fraction is to re-write 236720.4509174 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 236720.4509174 can be written as simply 236720.4509174/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 236720.4509174, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 236720.4509174/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 236720.4509174/1 each by 10000000:
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 236720.4509174 as a fraction:
473441/2 / 1