Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "5.5" was replaced by "(55/10)".

Step  1  :

            11
 Simplify   ——
            2 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         11         
  (0 -  (——)2)) -  1
         2          

Step  2  :

Equation at the end of step  2  :

        112     
  (0 -  ———) -  1
        22      

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  2²  as the denominator :

         1     1 • 22
    1 =  —  =  ——————
         1       22  

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 :

 3.2       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:

 -121 - (4)     -125
 ——————————  =  ————
     4           4  

Final result :

  -125             
  ———— = -31.25000 
   4