SOLUTION: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was
7
to
4
. If there were
4991
yes votes, what was the total number
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Question 1077115: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was
7
to
4
. If there were
4991
yes votes, what was the total number of votes?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 4
. If there were 4991 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?
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yes votes = 7x = 4991
x = 713
no votes = 4x = 4*713 = 2852
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Ans: Total votes = 11x = 11*713 = 7843
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