Step 1:
The first step to converting 260426.03649232 to a fraction is to re-write 260426.03649232 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 260426.03649232 can be written as simply 260426.03649232/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 260426.03649232, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 260426.03649232/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 260426.03649232/1 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 260426.03649232 as a fraction:
260426/1 / 1