Step 1:
The first step to converting 4048.2080058957 to a fraction is to re-write 4048.2080058957 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4048.2080058957 can be written as simply 4048.2080058957/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4048.2080058957, which in this case is 10. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4048.2080058957/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4048.2080058957/1 each by 10000000000:
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 4048.2080058957 as a fraction:
97157/24 / 1