Step 1:
The first step to converting 4005172.7990396 to a fraction is to re-write 4005172.7990396 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4005172.7990396 can be written as simply 4005172.7990396/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4005172.7990396, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4005172.7990396/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4005172.7990396/1 each by 10000000:
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 4005172.7990396 as a fraction:
4005172/1 / 1