Step 1:
The first step to converting 3426.295 to a fraction is to re-write 3426.295 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 3426.295 can be written as simply 3426.295/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 3426.295, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3426.295/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3426.295/1 each by 1000:
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 3426.295 as a fraction:
58247/17 / 1