Step 1:
The first step to converting 378486.68816697 to a fraction is to re-write 378486.68816697 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 378486.68816697 can be written as simply 378486.68816697/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 378486.68816697, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 378486.68816697/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 378486.68816697/1 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 378486.68816697 as a fraction:
378487/1 / 1