Step 1:
The first step to converting 96597976.426207 to a fraction is to re-write 96597976.426207 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 96597976.426207 can be written as simply 96597976.426207/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 96597976.426207, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 96597976.426207/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 96597976.426207/1 each by 1000000:
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 96597976.426207 as a fraction:
96597976/1 / 1