Step 1:
The first step to converting 41659.90417878 to a fraction is to re-write 41659.90417878 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 41659.90417878 can be written as simply 41659.90417878/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 41659.90417878, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 41659.90417878/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 41659.90417878/1 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 41659.90417878 as a fraction:
416599/10 / 1