Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.162" was replaced by "(162/1000)".

Step  1  :

             81
 Simplify   ———
            500

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          81
  232 -  ———
         500

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  500  as the denominator :

            232     232 • 500
     232 =  ———  =  —————————
             1         500   

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:

 232 • 500 - (81)     115919
 ————————————————  =  ——————
       500             500  

Final result :

  115919             
  —————— = 231.83800 
   500