Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "42.95" was replaced by "(4295/100)". 2 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            859
 Simplify   ———
            20 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  4995    859
  ———— -  ———
  100     20 

Step  2  :

            999
 Simplify   ———
            20 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  999    859
  ——— -  ———
  20     20 

Step  3  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 3.1       Adding fractions which have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 999 - (859)     7
 ———————————  =  —
     20          1

Final result :

  7