Question 879002
the residents of a city voting on whether to raise property taxes the ratio of yes to no votes 3to2 if there were 1608 yes votes what is the total number of votes?
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let x=total number of votes
x-1608=number of no votes
1608/(x-1608)=3/2
3216=3x-4824
3x=8040
x=2680
total number of votes=2680