Step 1:
The first step to converting 280442.71959972 to a fraction is to re-write 280442.71959972 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 280442.71959972 can be written as simply 280442.71959972/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 280442.71959972, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 280442.71959972/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 280442.71959972/1 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 280442.71959972 as a fraction:
280443/1 / 1