Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "15.42" was replaced by "(1542/100)".

Step  1  :

            771
 Simplify   ———
            50 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   771          
  (——— +  4) +  5
   50           

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  50  as the denominator :

         4     4 • 50
    4 =  —  =  ——————
         1       50  

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:

 771 + 4 • 50     971
 ————————————  =  ———
      50          50 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  971    
  ——— +  5
  50     

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  50  as the denominator :

         5     5 • 50
    5 =  —  =  ——————
         1       50  

Adding fractions that have a common denominator :

 3.2       Adding up the two equivalent fractions

 971 + 5 • 50     1221
 ————————————  =  ————
      50           50 

Final result :

  1221            
  ———— = 24.42000 
   50