Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "2.984" was replaced by "(2984/1000)".

Step  1  :

            373
 Simplify   ———
            125

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        373
  15 -  ———
        125

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  125  as the denominator :

           15     15 • 125
     15 =  ——  =  ————————
           1        125   

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:

 15 • 125 - (373)     1502
 ————————————————  =  ————
       125            125 

Final result :

  1502            
  ———— = 12.01600 
  125