Step 1:
The first step to converting 296405.5192481 to a fraction is to re-write 296405.5192481 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 296405.5192481 can be written as simply 296405.5192481/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 296405.5192481, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 296405.5192481/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 296405.5192481/1 each by 10000000:
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 296405.5192481 as a fraction:
592811/2 / 1