SOLUTION: the residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 5 to 8. If there were 6776 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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Question 505223: the residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 5 to 8. If there were 6776 no votes, what was the total number of votes?
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the residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 5 to 8. If there were 6776 no votes, what was the total number of votes?
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5 to 8 is the same as 5x to 8x where 8x is the number of no votes.
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If 8x = 6776, then x = 847
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Total votes = 5x+8x = 13x
Tv = 13*847 = 11011
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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