Step 1:
The first step to converting 42024.192017146 to a fraction is to re-write 42024.192017146 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42024.192017146 can be written as simply 42024.192017146/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42024.192017146, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42024.192017146/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42024.192017146/1 each by 1000000000:
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 42024.192017146 as a fraction:
210121/5 / 1