Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "7.5" was replaced by "(75/10)".

Step  1  :

            15
 Simplify   ——
            2 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

       15
  1 +  —— ÷ 100
       2 

Step  2  :

         15      
 Divide  ——  by  100
         2       

Equation at the end of step  2  :

        3
  1 +  ——
       40

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Adding a fraction to a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  40  as the denominator :

          1     1 • 40
     1 =  —  =  ——————
          1       40  

Equivalent fraction : The fraction thus generated looks different but has the same value as the whole

Common denominator : The equivalent fraction and the other fraction involved in the calculation share the same denominator

Adding fractions that have a common denominator :

 3.2       Adding up the two equivalent fractions
Add the two equivalent fractions which now have a common denominator

Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 40 + 3     43
 ——————  =  ——
   40       40

Final result :

  43           
  —— = 1.07500 
  40