SOLUTION: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 6. If there were 5599 total votes how many no votes were there

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Question 1195286: The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 6. If there were 5599 total votes how many no votes were there
Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of  " no "  votes is   5599%2A%286%2F%285%2B6%29%29 = 5599%2A%286%2F11%29 = %285599%2F11%29%2A6 = 509*6 = 3054.    ANSWER