Step 1:
The first step to converting 237606.34980368 to a fraction is to re-write 237606.34980368 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 237606.34980368 can be written as simply 237606.34980368/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 237606.34980368, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 237606.34980368/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 237606.34980368/1 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 237606.34980368 as a fraction:
475213/2 / 1