Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "16.99" was replaced by "(1699/100)".

Step  1  :

            1699
 Simplify   ————
            100 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  1699    
  ———— +  169
  100     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  100  as the denominator :

           169     169 • 100
    169 =  ———  =  —————————
            1         100   

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:

 1699 + 169 • 100     18599
 ————————————————  =  —————
       100             100 

Final result :

  18599             
  ————— = 185.99000 
   100