Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "23.98" was replaced by "(2398/100)".

Step  1  :

            1199
 Simplify   ————
             50 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         1199
  223 -  ————
          50 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  50  as the denominator :

            223     223 • 50
     223 =  ———  =  ————————
             1         50   

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:

 223 • 50 - (1199)     9951
 —————————————————  =  ————
        50              50 

Final result :

  9951             
  ———— = 199.02000 
   50