The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 3 . If there were

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4395 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

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Alchen [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-28T21:22:34+03:00

Answer:

There were 2747 yes votes.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question can be solved using proportions.

The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 3 .

This means that for each 5 + 3 = 8 votes, 5 were yes and 3 were no.

If there were 4395 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

For each 8 votes, we have 5 yes. How many yes votes were there in 4395 votes?

5 yes - 8 votes

x yes - 4395 votes

8x = 4395*5

x = 4395*5/8

x = 2747

There were 2747 yes votes.