Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "18.84" was replaced by "(1884/100)".

Step  1  :

            471
 Simplify   ———
            25 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  471    
  ——— +  140
  25     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  25  as the denominator :

           140     140 • 25
    140 =  ———  =  ————————
            1         25   

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:

 471 + 140 • 25     3971
 ——————————————  =  ————
       25            25 

Final result :

  3971             
  ———— = 158.84000 
   25