Step 1:
The first step to converting 384498.5888571 to a fraction is to re-write 384498.5888571 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 384498.5888571 can be written as simply 384498.5888571/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 384498.5888571, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384498.5888571/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384498.5888571/1 each by 10000000:
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 384498.5888571 as a fraction:
768997/2 / 1