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Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer

Participation in the local soccer league this year is 10%10\% higher than last year. The number of males increased by 5%5\% and the number of females increased by 20%20\%. What fraction of the soccer league is now female?

Pick one

Solution

Let the amount of soccer players last year be xx, the number of male players last year to be mm, and the number of females players last year to be f.f. We want to find 1.2f1.1x,\frac{1.2f}{1.1x}, since that's the fraction of female players now. From the problem, we are given
x=m+fx=m+f
1.1x=1.05m+1.2f.1.1x=1.05m+1.2f.
Eliminating mm and solving for 1.2f1.1x\frac{1.2f}{1.1x} gives us our answer of (B) 411.\boxed{\textbf{(B) } \frac {4}{11}}.

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