Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "78.5" was replaced by "(785/10)".

Step  1  :

            157
 Simplify   ———
             2 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  157    
  ——— +  273
   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 :

           273     273 • 2
    273 =  ———  =  ———————
            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:

 157 + 273 • 2     703
 —————————————  =  ———
       2            2 

Final result :

  703             
  ——— = 351.50000 
   2