Step 1:
The first step to converting 398528.15672229 to a fraction is to re-write 398528.15672229 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 398528.15672229 can be written as simply 398528.15672229/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 398528.15672229, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 398528.15672229/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 398528.15672229/1 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 398528.15672229 as a fraction:
398528/1 / 1