Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "8.758" was replaced by "(8758/1000)".

Step  1  :

            4379
 Simplify   ————
            500 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        4379
  15 -  ————
        500 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  500  as the denominator :

           15     15 • 500
     15 =  ——  =  ————————
           1        500   

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 • 500 - (4379)     3121
 —————————————————  =  ————
        500            500 

Final result :

  3121           
  ———— = 6.24200 
  500