Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "3.5" was replaced by "(35/10)".

Step  1  :

            7
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

       7
  5 -  — ÷ 2
       2

Step  2  :

         7      
 Divide  —  by  2
         2      

Equation at the end of step  2  :

       7
  5 -  —
       4

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

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

          5     5 • 4
     5 =  —  =  —————
          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 :

 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:

 5 • 4 - (7)     13
 ———————————  =  ——
      4          4 

Final result :

  13           
  —— = 3.25000 
  4