Step 1:
The first step to converting 9408.436682178 to a fraction is to re-write 9408.436682178 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 9408.436682178 can be written as simply 9408.436682178/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 9408.436682178, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 9408.436682178/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 9408.436682178/1 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 9408.436682178 as a fraction:
65859/7 / 1