Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "11.85" was replaced by "(1185/100)".

Step  1  :

            237
 Simplify   ———
            20 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  237    
  ——— +  79
  20     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  20  as the denominator :

          79     79 • 20
    79 =  ——  =  ———————
          1        20   

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:

 237 + 79 • 20     1817
 —————————————  =  ————
      20            20 

Final result :

  1817            
  ———— = 90.85000 
   20