Step 1:
The first step to converting 58461.042043696 to a fraction is to re-write 58461.042043696 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 58461.042043696 can be written as simply 58461.042043696/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 58461.042043696, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 58461.042043696/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 58461.042043696/1 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 58461.042043696 as a fraction:
58461/1 / 1