Step 1:
The first step to converting 34837196.980537 to a fraction is to re-write 34837196.980537 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 34837196.980537 can be written as simply 34837196.980537/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 34837196.980537, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 34837196.980537/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 34837196.980537/1 each by 1000000:
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 34837196.980537 as a fraction:
34837196/1 / 1