Step 1:
The first step to converting 24655.39789429 to a fraction is to re-write 24655.39789429 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 24655.39789429 can be written as simply 24655.39789429/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 24655.39789429, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24655.39789429/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24655.39789429/1 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 24655.39789429 as a fraction:
123277/5 / 1