Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "5.2" was replaced by "(52/10)". 2 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            26
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  86    26
  —— -  ——
  10    5 

Step  2  :

            43
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  43    26
  —— -  ——
  5     5 

Step  3  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 3.1       Adding fractions which have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 43 - (26)     17
 —————————  =  ——
     5         5 

Final result :

  17           
  —— = 3.40000 
  5