Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

             2
 Simplify   ——
            57

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   2    
  —— -  33
  57    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  57  as the denominator :

          33     33 • 57
    33 =  ——  =  ———————
          1        57   

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:

 2 - (33 • 57)     -1879
 —————————————  =  —————
      57            57  

Final result :

  -1879             
  ————— = -32.96491 
   57