Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "2.25" was replaced by "(225/100)".

Step  1  :

            9
 Simplify   —
            4

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  9    
  — +  16
  4    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  4  as the denominator :

          16     16 • 4
    16 =  ——  =  ——————
          1        4   

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:

 9 + 16 • 4     73
 ——————————  =  ——
     4          4 

Final result :

  73            
  —— = 18.25000 
  4