Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            48
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        48
  18 -  ——
        5 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  5  as the denominator :

           18     18 • 5
     18 =  ——  =  ——————
           1        5   

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:

 18 • 5 - (48)     42
 —————————————  =  ——
       5           5 

Final result :

  42           
  —— = 8.40000 
  5