Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "73.5" was replaced by "(735/10)".

Step  1  :

            147
 Simplify   ———
             2 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  147    
  ——— +  24
   2     

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

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

          24     24 • 2
    24 =  ——  =  ——————
          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:

 147 + 24 • 2     195
 ————————————  =  ———
      2            2 

Final result :

  195            
  ——— = 97.50000 
   2