SOLUTION: 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?

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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?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 8

If there were 11661 total votes, how many no votesxwere there?

+5%2F8++=%2811661-x%29%2Fx Cross Multiplying to solve

    13x = 8*11661

      x = 7176, the number of NO votes