Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "3.2" was replaced by "(32/10)". 3 more similar replacement(s)

Step  1  :

            16
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

   178     2     16
  (——— -  ——) -  ——
   10     10     5 

Step  2  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            5

Equation at the end of step  2  :

   178    1     16
  (——— -  —) -  ——
   10     5     5 

Step  3  :

            89
 Simplify   ——
            5 

Equation at the end of step  3  :

   89    1     16
  (—— -  —) -  ——
   5     5     5 

Step  4  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 4.1       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:

 89 - (1)     88
 ————————  =  ——
    5         5 

Equation at the end of step  4  :

  88    16
  —— -  ——
  5     5 

Step  5  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 5.1       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:

 88 - (16)     72
 —————————  =  ——
     5         5 

Final result :

  72            
  —— = 14.40000 
  5