Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "15.625" was replaced by "(15625/1000)".

Step  1  :

            125
 Simplify   ———
             8 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  125    
  ——— -  13
   8     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  8  as the denominator :

          13     13 • 8
    13 =  ——  =  ——————
          1        8   

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:

 125 - (13 • 8)     21
 ——————————————  =  ——
       8            8 

Final result :

  21           
  —— = 2.62500 
  8