Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

              1
  2 • (16 +  (—)2))
              2

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

              1
  2 • (16 +  ——)
             22

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Adding a fraction to a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  2²  as the denominator :

           16     16 • 22
     16 =  ——  =  ———————
           1        22   

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 :

 3.2       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:

 16 • 4 + 1     65
 ——————————  =  ——
     4          4 

Equation at the end of step  3  :

      65
  2 • ——
      4 

Step  4  :

Final result :

  65            
  —— = 32.50000 
  2