Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.9" was replaced by "(9/10)". 2 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

             9
 Simplify   ——
            10

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  187     9
  ——— -  ——
  10     10

Step  2  :

            187
 Simplify   ———
            10 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  187     9
  ——— -  ——
  10     10

Step  3  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 3.1       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:

 187 - (9)     89
 —————————  =  ——
    10         5 

Final result :

  89            
  —— = 17.80000 
  5