document.write( "Question 618365: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 8 . If there were 11661 total votes, how many no votes were there? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 8
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document.write( "If there were 11661 total votes, how many no voteswere there?
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document.write( " Cross Multiplying to solve
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document.write( "    13x = 8*11661
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document.write( "      x = 7176, the number of NO votes \n" );
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