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The ratio of yes votes to no votes in an election was 5 to 4. How many yes votes were cast if these were a total of 7200
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Question 277861: I am having problems trying to figure this problem out:
The ratio of yes votes to no votes in an election was 5 to 4. How many yes votes were cast if these were a total of 7200 votes cast?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there were 5x+4x votes
9x=7200
x=800
5x =yes
4x=no
5x=4000 =yes votes
4x=3200
4000/3200=5/4
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