Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "2.96" was replaced by "(296/100)".

Step  1  :

            74
 Simplify   ——
            25

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  74    
  —— +  195
  25    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  25  as the denominator :

           195     195 • 25
    195 =  ———  =  ————————
            1         25   

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:

 74 + 195 • 25     4949
 —————————————  =  ————
      25            25 

Final result :

  4949             
  ———— = 197.96000 
   25