SOLUTION: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 4. If there were 3644 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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Question 1143493: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 4. If there were 3644 no votes, what was the total number of votes?
Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
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%283644%2F4%29%2A%284%2B5%29%29 = 8199.     ANSWER


Explanation 

From the condition, we know that the group of 3644 "NO voters" consists of 4 equal parts -- so, we divide 3644 by 4 to find 

the number of people in each part.


Next, there are 4+5 = 9 such parts in total, so we multiply the ratio  3644%2F4 by 4+5.