Question

The residents of the city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 7. If there were 6986 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

I think to solve this you have to divide 6986 which is 998 and then multiply that by 4 which is 3,992 and then add the no votes and yes votes which would be 10,978

Answer: 10,978 (I believe, not 100% sure)