Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "2.5" was replaced by "(25/10)".

Step  1  :

            5
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  5    
  — -  6
  2    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  2  as the denominator :

         6     6 • 2
    6 =  —  =  —————
         1       2  

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:

 5 - (6 • 2)     -7
 ———————————  =  ——
      2          2 

Final result :

  -7            
  —— = -3.50000 
  2