Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "137.25" was replaced by "(13725/100)".

Step  1  :

            549
 Simplify   ———
             4 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  549    
  ——— -  40
   4     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  4  as the denominator :

          40     40 • 4
    40 =  ——  =  ——————
          1        4   

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:

 549 - (40 • 4)     389
 ——————————————  =  ———
       4             4 

Final result :

  389            
  ——— = 97.25000 
   4