Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            79
 Simplify   ——
            3 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

             79
  65 -  (2 • ——)
             3 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

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

           65     65 • 3
     65 =  ——  =  ——————
           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:

 65 • 3 - (158)     37
 ——————————————  =  ——
       3            3 

Final result :

  37            
  —— = 12.33333 
  3