SOLUTION: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 5 . If there were 6345 total votes, how many no votes were there?

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Question 1161246: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 5 . If there were 6345 total votes, how many no votes were there?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the ratio of yes votes to no votes is 4 to 5, then for every 9 votes cast, 4 of them are yes and 5 are no. If you divide the total number of votes by 9, you will have 1/9 of the votes. 4 of those 1/9s are yes votes and 5 of them are no. You can do your own arithmetic.


John

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