Step 1:
The first step to converting 386973576.72034 to a fraction is to re-write 386973576.72034 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 386973576.72034 can be written as simply 386973576.72034/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 386973576.72034, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386973576.72034/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386973576.72034/1 each by 100000:
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 386973576.72034 as a fraction:
386973576/1 / 1