A toy motor efficiency is an exact energy ledger ratio. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Efficiency is useful work over input

Useful work 36 joules over input 60 joules gives a reducible ratio.

36/6036\mathbin{/}60
Transduction budget ledgerInput energy splits into useful work and waste heat.inputworkheat

The exact efficiency is a fraction

The reduced efficiency is 3 over 5.

3660=35\frac{36}{60}=\frac{3}{5}
Transduction budget ledgerInput energy splits into useful work and waste heat.inputworkheat