Step 1:
The first step to converting 384612.71125696 to a fraction is to re-write 384612.71125696 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 384612.71125696 can be written as simply 384612.71125696/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 384612.71125696, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384612.71125696/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384612.71125696/1 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 384612.71125696 as a fraction:
384613/1 / 1