Step 1:
The first step to converting 23715.037426978 to a fraction is to re-write 23715.037426978 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 23715.037426978 can be written as simply 23715.037426978/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 23715.037426978, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 23715.037426978/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 23715.037426978/1 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 23715.037426978 as a fraction:
616591/26 / 1