Step 1:
The first step to converting 386551.87488029 to a fraction is to re-write 386551.87488029 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 386551.87488029 can be written as simply 386551.87488029/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 386551.87488029, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386551.87488029/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386551.87488029/1 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 386551.87488029 as a fraction:
386552/1 / 1