Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.5" was replaced by "(5/10)". 2 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            2

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  85    1
  —— +  —
  10    2

Step  2  :

            17
 Simplify   ——
            2 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  17    1
  —— +  —
  2     2

Step  3  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 3.1       Adding fractions which have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 17 + 1     9
 ——————  =  —
   2        1

Final result :

  9