Step 1:
The first step to converting 42099.478724714 to a fraction is to re-write 42099.478724714 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42099.478724714 can be written as simply 42099.478724714/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42099.478724714, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42099.478724714/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42099.478724714/1 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 42099.478724714 as a fraction:
84199/2 / 1