Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "5.5" was replaced by "(55/10)".

Step  1  :

            11
 Simplify   ——
            2 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          11
  5500 -  ——
          2 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  2  as the denominator :

             5500     5500 • 2
     5500 =  ————  =  ————————
              1          2    

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:

 5500 • 2 - (11)     10989
 ———————————————  =  —————
        2              2  

Final result :

  10989              
  ————— = 5494.50000 
    2