Step 1:
The first step to converting 542463200.0789 to a fraction is to re-write 542463200.0789 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 542463200.0789 can be written as simply 542463200.0789/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 542463200.0789, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 542463200.0789/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 542463200.0789/1 each by 10000:
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 542463200.0789 as a fraction:
542463200/1 / 1