Question

The residents of a city voted on weather to raise property takes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 5. If there were 2885 no votes, what was the total number of votes

Answer 1

Answer: 6,924‬ votes

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of yes to no votes was 7 to 5.

This means that for every 7 yes votes, there were 5 no votes.

If there were 2,885 nos, the number of yeses can be gotten using direct proportion:

7 : 5

x : 2,885

Cross multiplying would give:

5x = ‭20,195‬

x = 20,195/5

x = ‭4,039‬ yes

Total votes would be:

= ‭4,039‬ + 2,885

= ‭6,924‬ votes