Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "8.5" was replaced by "(85/10)".

Step  1  :

            17
 Simplify   ——
            2 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  17    
  —— +  5
  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 :

         5     5 • 2
    5 =  —  =  —————
         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:

 17 + 5 • 2     27
 ——————————  =  ——
     2          2 

Final result :

  27            
  —— = 13.50000 
  2