The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 7. If there were 5

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murzikaleks [220]

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The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 7. If there were 5

019 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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Kipish [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-06T02:57:07+03:00

Kipish [7]3 years ago

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4/7 = y/5019....with y being yes votes
cross multiply
(7)(y) = (4)(5019)
7y = 20076
y = 20076/7
y = 2868 <=== yes votes

total of yes and no votes : 5019 + 2868 = 7887