Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "17.2" was replaced by "(172/10)".

Step  1  :

            86
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          86
  1817 -  ——
          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 :

             1817     1817 • 5
     1817 =  ————  =  ————————
              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:

 1817 • 5 - (86)     8999
 ———————————————  =  ————
        5             5  

Final result :

  8999              
  ———— = 1799.80000 
   5