Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "3.5" was replaced by "(35/10)".

Step  1  :

            7
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  7    
  — +  2
  2    

Step  2  :

                7
 Divide  1  by  —
                2

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  2    
  — +  2
  7    

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  7  as the denominator :

         2     2 • 7
    2 =  —  =  —————
         1       7  

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:

 2 + 2 • 7     16
 —————————  =  ——
     7         7 

Final result :

  16           
  —— = 2.28571 
  7