Step 1:
The first step to converting 42554940.040594 to a fraction is to re-write 42554940.040594 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42554940.040594 can be written as simply 42554940.040594/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42554940.040594, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42554940.040594/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42554940.040594/1 each by 1000000:
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 42554940.040594 as a fraction:
42554940/1 / 1