Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            7
 Simplify   —
            8

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          7
  3200 -  —
          8

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  8  as the denominator :

             3200     3200 • 8
     3200 =  ————  =  ————————
              1          8    

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:

 3200 • 8 - (7)     25593
 ——————————————  =  —————
       8              8  

Final result :

  25593              
  ————— = 3199.12500 
    8