Step 1:
The first step to converting 384250.17698416 to a fraction is to re-write 384250.17698416 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 384250.17698416 can be written as simply 384250.17698416/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 384250.17698416, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384250.17698416/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384250.17698416/1 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 384250.17698416 as a fraction:
384250/1 / 1