Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            33
 Simplify   ——
            17

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        33
  62 -  ——
        17

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  17  as the denominator :

           62     62 • 17
     62 =  ——  =  ———————
           1        17   

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:

 62 • 17 - (33)     1021
 ——————————————  =  ————
       17            17 

Final result :

  1021            
  ———— = 60.05882 
   17