Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            276
 Simplify   ———
             x 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   276         
  (——— • y) -  p
    x          

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

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

         p     p • x
    p =  —  =  —————
         1       x  

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:

 276y - (p • x)     276y - xp
 ——————————————  =  —————————
       x                x    

Final result :

  276y - xp
  —————————
      x