Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "3.92" was replaced by "(392/100)".

Step  1  :

            98
 Simplify   ——
            25

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        98
  72 -  ——
        25

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  25  as the denominator :

           72     72 • 25
     72 =  ——  =  ———————
           1        25   

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:

 72 • 25 - (98)     1702
 ——————————————  =  ————
       25            25 

Final result :

  1702            
  ———— = 68.08000 
   25