Question

the top x shareholders in a corporation each own y shares of a certain stock. the corporations ownership is represented by a total of w shares of stock. express the percent of the corporation owned by the top x shareholders

Answer 1

`(x*y)/(w) *100`

Explanation:

To know how much shares have each shareholder you have to multiply the shareholders by the shares they own, so:

`x*y`

if we want to know the amount comparing to the total of shares of stock, you get:

`(x*y)/(w)`

And to know the percentage you have to multiply by 100:

`(x*y)/(w) *100`

Answer 2

The total number of shares owned by x shareholders
= x*y
=xy shares

The percentage of shares=
`(xy)/(w) *100`