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 male, in terms of y and x?
number of males --- x (it said so)
number of females --- x - y (it said so)
total = x + x-y = 2x-y
fraction of males = x/(2x-y)
To find the fraction of male employees in terms of y and x, we need to determine the total number of employees first.
Given that there are y more male employees than female employees, we can say that the total number of female employees is x - y, since there are x male employees.
The total number of employees is then obtained by adding the number of male and female employees: x + (x - y) = 2x - y.
Now, to find the fraction of male employees, we will divide the number of male employees (x) by the total number of employees (2x - y):
Fraction of male employees = (Number of male employees) / (Total number of employees)
= x / (2x - y)
So, the fraction of male employees in terms of y and x is x / (2x - y).