Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "256.98" was replaced by "(25698/100)".

Step  1  :

            12849
 Simplify   —————
             50  

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  12849    
  ————— +  159
   50      

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

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

           159     159 • 50
    159 =  ———  =  ————————
            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:

 12849 + 159 • 50     20799
 ————————————————  =  —————
        50             50  

Final result :

  20799             
  ————— = 415.98000 
   50