Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "4.625" was replaced by "(4625/1000)".

Step  1  :

            37
 Simplify   ——
            8 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        37
  40 -  ——
        8 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  8  as the denominator :

           40     40 • 8
     40 =  ——  =  ——————
           1        8   

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:

 40 • 8 - (37)     283
 —————————————  =  ———
       8            8 

Final result :

  283            
  ——— = 35.37500 
   8