Step 1:
The first step to converting 42643.323028563 to a fraction is to re-write 42643.323028563 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42643.323028563 can be written as simply 42643.323028563/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42643.323028563, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42643.323028563/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42643.323028563/1 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 42643.323028563 as a fraction:
127930/3 / 1