Step 1:
The first step to converting 27433.742989431 to a fraction is to re-write 27433.742989431 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27433.742989431 can be written as simply 27433.742989431/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27433.742989431, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27433.742989431/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27433.742989431/1 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 27433.742989431 as a fraction:
109735/4 / 1