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  :

  23     9
  —— -  ——
  10    10

Step  2  :

            23
 Simplify   ——
            10

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  23     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:

 23 - (9)     7
 ————————  =  —
    10        5

Final result :

  7           
  — = 1.40000 
  5