Step 1:
The first step to converting 348438.47462229 to a fraction is to re-write 348438.47462229 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 348438.47462229 can be written as simply 348438.47462229/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 348438.47462229, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 348438.47462229/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 348438.47462229/1 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 348438.47462229 as a fraction:
696877/2 / 1