Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "2.25" was replaced by "(225/100)".

Step  1  :

            9
 Simplify   —
            4

Equation at the end of step  1  :

       9
  8 +  —
       4

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a fraction to a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  4  as the denominator :

          8     8 • 4
     8 =  —  =  —————
          1       4  

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:

 8 • 4 + 9     41
 —————————  =  ——
     4         4 

Final result :

  41            
  —— = 10.25000 
  4