Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "4.39" was replaced by "(439/100)".

Step  1  :

            439
 Simplify   ———
            100

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  439    
  ——— +  38
  100    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  100  as the denominator :

          38     38 • 100
    38 =  ——  =  ————————
          1        100   

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:

 439 + 38 • 100     4239
 ——————————————  =  ————
      100           100 

Final result :

  4239            
  ———— = 42.39000 
  100