Step 1:
The first step to converting 8236.0425 to a fraction is to re-write 8236.0425 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8236.0425 can be written as simply 8236.0425/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8236.0425, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8236.0425/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8236.0425/1 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 8236.0425 as a fraction:
189429/23 / 1