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Documenting the Simplification of Productivity Ratios

You are documenting a calculation for a company's annual productivity report. The original data provided a ratio of 3xy18x2y2\frac{3xy}{18x^2y^2}, which you have simplified to 16xy\frac{1}{6xy}. Write a brief explanation for the audit trail that identifies the greatest common factor you removed from both the numerator and the denominator. List the specific mathematical steps you followed to ensure the expression was correctly reduced to its simplest form.

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