Step 1:
The first step to converting 735.68426 to a fraction is to re-write 735.68426 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 735.68426 can be written as simply 735.68426/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 735.68426, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 735.68426/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 735.68426/1 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 735.68426 as a fraction:
13978/19 / 1