Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            2
 Simplify   —
            3

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  2    
  — -  180000
  3    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  3  as the denominator :

              180000     180000 • 3
    180000 =  ——————  =  ——————————
                1            3     

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 - (180000 • 3)     -539998
 ————————————————  =  ———————
        3                3   

Final result :

  -539998                 
  ——————— = -179999.33333 
     3