Step 1:
The first step to converting 384729.42258427 to a fraction is to re-write 384729.42258427 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 384729.42258427 can be written as simply 384729.42258427/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 384729.42258427, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384729.42258427/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 384729.42258427/1 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 384729.42258427 as a fraction:
769459/2 / 1