Step 1:
The first step to converting 420401.7393883 to a fraction is to re-write 420401.7393883 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420401.7393883 can be written as simply 420401.7393883/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420401.7393883, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420401.7393883/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420401.7393883/1 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 420401.7393883 as a fraction:
420402/1 / 1