Question

There are 7 times as many males as females on the maths course at university. What fraction of the course are male?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer 1

let Mel equals to X and female equals to y

therefore ×=y

therefore to make the count proper we have to multiply the male by 7

so 7 x = 2y and the fraction becomes 7 X / 2 y