Step 1:
The first step to converting 37984.542301027 to a fraction is to re-write 37984.542301027 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 37984.542301027 can be written as simply 37984.542301027/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 37984.542301027, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 37984.542301027/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 37984.542301027/1 each by 1000000000:
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 37984.542301027 as a fraction:
417830/11 / 1