Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            73
 Simplify   ——
            4 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

       73
  8 -  ——
       4 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from 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 - (73)     -41
 ————————————  =  ———
      4            4 

Final result :

  -41             
  ——— = -10.25000 
   4