Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "2.888" was replaced by "(2888/1000)".

Step  1  :

            361
 Simplify   ———
            125

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  361    
  ——— +  42
  125    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  125  as the denominator :

          42     42 • 125
    42 =  ——  =  ————————
          1        125   

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:

 361 + 42 • 125     5611
 ——————————————  =  ————
      125           125 

Final result :

  5611            
  ———— = 44.88800 
  125