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Documenting the Quality Assurance Ratio Simplification

During a quality control audit at Apex Assembly, a supervisor asks you to explain the step-by-step mathematical process used to calculate a parts tolerance ratio represented by the complex fraction (12)24+32\frac{(\frac{1}{2})^2}{4+3^2}.

To ensure the entire quality assurance team can reproduce the calculation correctly, recall the three-step simplification procedure shown in your training module. Document your response by explaining:

  1. How to simplify the numerator, including the resulting value.
  2. How to simplify the denominator, including the order of operations and the intermediate and final values.
  3. How to perform the final division of the simplified numerator by the simplified denominator, detailing how the division is converted to multiplication and stating the final simplified fraction.

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