Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.25" was replaced by "(25/100)".

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            4

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         1
  400 -  —
         4

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  4  as the denominator :

            400     400 • 4
     400 =  ———  =  ———————
             1         4   

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:

 400 • 4 - (1)     1599
 —————————————  =  ————
       4            4  

Final result :

  1599             
  ———— = 399.75000 
   4