Step 1:
The first step to converting 8426.9735861025 to a fraction is to re-write 8426.9735861025 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8426.9735861025 can be written as simply 8426.9735861025/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8426.9735861025, which in this case is 10. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8426.9735861025/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8426.9735861025/1 each by 10000000000:
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 8426.9735861025 as a fraction:
311798/37 / 1