Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            49
 Simplify   ——
            50

Equation at the end of step  1  :

       49
  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 - (49)      1
 —————————  =  ——
    50         50

Final result :

   1           
  —— = 0.02000 
  50