Step 1:
The first step to converting 463538348.78205 to a fraction is to re-write 463538348.78205 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 463538348.78205 can be written as simply 463538348.78205/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 463538348.78205, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 463538348.78205/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 463538348.78205/1 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 463538348.78205 as a fraction:
463538348/1 / 1