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algebra senior

Problem

Participation in the local soccer league is higher this year than it was last year. Also, from last year to this year, the number of males increased by and the number of females increased by . There were males participating in the league last year. What fraction of the league's participants is female this year? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Solution
Since there were males last year, there are males this year.

We set the number of females last year as . This means that there are females this year.

In total, there were people in the league last year, and this year. We then have: Therefore, there were girls last year. This means there are girls this year. So there are girls out of the participants this year.
Final answer
\frac{4}{11}