Step 1:
The first step to converting 34402.21978 to a fraction is to re-write 34402.21978 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 34402.21978 can be written as simply 34402.21978/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 34402.21978, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 34402.21978/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 34402.21978/1 each by 100000:
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 34402.21978 as a fraction:
137609/4 / 1