CEMC Pascal, 2000

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

If $x=4$ and $y=-3$ , then the value of $\dfrac{x-2y}{x+y}$ is

(A) $-\dfrac{1}{2}$ (B) $-2$ (C) $\dfrac{10}{7}$ (D) $-\dfrac{2}{7}$ (E) $10$

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