Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "285.15" was replaced by "(28515/100)".

Step  1  :

            5703
 Simplify   ————
             20 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         5703
  300 -  ————
          20 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  20  as the denominator :

            300     300 • 20
     300 =  ———  =  ————————
             1         20   

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:

 300 • 20 - (5703)     297
 —————————————————  =  ———
        20             20 

Final result :

  297            
  ——— = 14.85000 
  20