The top x shareholders in a corporation each own y shares of a certain stock. The corporation's ownership is represented by a total of w shares of stock. Express the percent of the corporation owned by the top x shareholders.

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Given:
top x shareholders in a corporation each own y shares of a certain stock
corporation's ownership is represented by a total of w shares of stock.

x - represents the number of top shareholders in a corporation
y - represents the number of shares of a certain stock
w - represents the total shares owned by the corporation

x*y OR xy - total shares owned by the shareholders. 

The 
percent of the corporation owned by the top x shareholders is: 

xy/w