Step 1:
The first step to converting 42452589.68634 to a fraction is to re-write 42452589.68634 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42452589.68634 can be written as simply 42452589.68634/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42452589.68634, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42452589.68634/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42452589.68634/1 each by 100000:
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 42452589.68634 as a fraction:
42452589/1 / 1