Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "5.2" was replaced by "(52/10)". 3 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            26
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   158    22     26
  (——— -  ——) -  ——
   10     10     5 

Step  2  :

            11
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

   158    11     26
  (——— -  ——) -  ——
   10     5      5 

Step  3  :

            79
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  3  :

   79    11     26
  (—— -  ——) -  ——
   5     5      5 

Step  4  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 4.1       Adding fractions which have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 79 - (11)     68
 —————————  =  ——
     5         5 

Equation at the end of step  4  :

  68    26
  —— -  ——
  5     5 

Step  5  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 5.1       Adding fractions which have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 68 - (26)     42
 —————————  =  ——
     5         5 

Final result :

  42           
  —— = 8.40000 
  5