SOLUTION: At a company, there are y more male employees than female employees. If there are x male employees at the company, what fraction of the employees are make, in terms of y and x?

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Question 643683: At a company, there are y more male employees than female employees. If there are x male employees at the company, what fraction of the employees are make, in terms of y and x?
a. 1/(2x+y)
b. x/(x+y)
c. x/(2x-y)
d. y/(2x+y)
e. (x-y)/2x

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The fraction that are male is given by the number of males divided by the total number of employees.

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