Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.042" was replaced by "(042/1000)".

Step  1  :

             21
 Simplify   ———
            500

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   21    
  ——— +  2
  500    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  500  as the denominator :

         2     2 • 500
    2 =  —  =  ———————
         1       500  

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:

 21 + 2 • 500     1021
 ————————————  =  ————
     500          500 

Final result :

  1021           
  ———— = 2.04200 
  500