Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "6.8" was replaced by "(68/10)". 2 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            34
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  508    34
  ——— -  ——
  10     5 

Step  2  :

            254
 Simplify   ———
             5 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  254    34
  ——— -  ——
   5     5 

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:

 254 - (34)     44
 ——————————  =  ——
     5          1 

Final result :

  44