SOLUTION: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4. If there were
2556 no votes, what was the total number of votes?
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Question 1083889: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4. If there were
2556 no votes, what was the total number of votes?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes to no is 3 to 4, so no votes were 4/7 of the total number of votes
2556/4=639
639*7=4473
4473 total votes
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2556/4473 should be 4/7 or 0.571428. It is.
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