Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        16
  16 +  ——
        24

Step  2  :

            16
 Simplify   ——
            24

Canceling Out :

 2.1      Canceling out  2⁴ as it appears on both sides of the fraction line

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  16 +  1

Step  3  :

Final result :

  17