Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.58" was replaced by "(58/100)".

Step  1  :

            29
 Simplify   ——
            50

Equation at the end of step  1  :

       29
  1 -  ——
       50

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  50  as the denominator :

          1     1 • 50
     1 =  —  =  ——————
          1       50  

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:

 50 - (29)     21
 —————————  =  ——
    50         50

Final result :

  21           
  —— = 0.42000 
  50