Step 1:
The first step to converting 472343.57043454 to a fraction is to re-write 472343.57043454 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 472343.57043454 can be written as simply 472343.57043454/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 472343.57043454, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 472343.57043454/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 472343.57043454/1 each by 100000000:
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 472343.57043454 as a fraction:
472344/1 / 1