Essay

Simplifying Fuel Efficiency Variance

As an administrative assistant at a municipal logistics company, you are compiling a fleet efficiency audit. You record a negative efficiency variance of 69120-\frac{69}{120} for a specific route. To present this finding clearly to senior management, you must simplify the fraction to its lowest terms and document your calculations for the auditing team.

In your response, recall and explain the steps to simplify 69120-\frac{69}{120}. Specifically, your explanation must include:

  1. The prime factorization of both the numerator (69) and the denominator (120) that reveals their greatest common factor.
  2. The identified common factor that must be divided out of both numbers.
  3. The final simplified fraction that will be written in the executive summary report.

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