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Simplifying a Financial Budget Variance Fraction

An operations assistant is preparing a monthly financial performance review. In the report, they record a budget variance represented by the fraction −69120-\frac{69}{120}. Before submitting the report to the department head, they must simplify this fraction to its lowest terms.

Recall the steps for simplifying this specific fraction:

  1. Identify the common factor shared by both the numerator 69 and denominator 120 that is divided out to simplify the fraction.
  2. State the final, simplified negative fraction.

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