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Documenting Standard Operating Procedures for Complex Ratio Simplification
A junior data analyst at your firm is struggling to simplify complex mathematical ratios found in the quarterly efficiency reports. Specifically, they are unsure how to handle the following expression:
Draft a brief instructional response for the analyst. In your response, clearly outline the three-step process for simplifying this expression as defined in your company's training manual: (1) describe how to simplify the numerator, (2) identify the correct sequence of operations to simplify the denominator, and (3) explain the final step required to resolve the complex fraction into a single value. Ensure you state the intermediate numerical values for each part of the process.
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