Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            25
 Simplify   ——
            3 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          25
  (32) +  ——
          3 

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

        25
  32 +  ——
        3 

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Adding a fraction to a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  3  as the denominator :

           32     32 • 3
     32 =  ——  =  ——————
           1        3   

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 :

 3.2       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:

 32 • 3 + 25     52
 ———————————  =  ——
      3          3 

Final result :

  52            
  —— = 17.33333 
  3