Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "3.6" was replaced by "(36/10)". 2 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            18
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        15          18     
  0 -  (—— • ((0 -  ——) +  2))
        10          5      

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  5  as the denominator :

         2     2 • 5
    2 =  —  =  —————
         1       5  

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 :

 2.2       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:

 -18 + 2 • 5     -8
 ———————————  =  ——
      5          5 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

        15   -8
  0 -  (—— • ——)
        10   5 

Step  3  :

            3
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  3  :

        3   -8
  0 -  (— • ——)
        2   5 

Step  4  :

Final result :

  12           
  —— = 2.40000 
  5