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by ButchC 1527 days ago
"6/9 of trucking costs is diesel. Like 2/9 is labor, with maintenance, tolls, and other misc. rounding out the last 1/9."

FTFY. Why would you used different denominators, this isn't an algebra test, it makes communication harder for no reason.

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The other responder pointed out I was using the simplest terms, which frankly looks right to me. But the answer is more pedestrian. I read the information phrased it as 2/3 was diesel and 2/3 of the remaining amount was labor. So I eliminated the chain and simplified it to 2/3 and (1/3*2/3) 2/9.
I honestly didn't even notice the denominators were different. All of the fractions were in simplest terms, which is (imo) preferable to using a common denominator.