Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "3.4" was replaced by "(34/10)".

Step  1  :

            17
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  17    
  —— -  7
  5     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  5  as the denominator :

         7     7 • 5
    7 =  —  =  —————
         1       5  

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:

 17 - (7 • 5)     -18
 ————————————  =  ———
      5            5 

Final result :

  -18            
  ——— = -3.60000 
   5