Question

The residents of a city voted on wether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 8 to 5. If there was 6856 yes votes, what was the total number of votes

Answer 1

The total number of votes cast in the election was 11,141.

Explanation:

To determine the number of negative votes in the voting, taking into account that the ratio of votes between positive and negative is 8 to 5 and that there were 6,856 positive votes, it is necessary to perform the following calculation:

6.856 / 8 x 5 = X

857 x 5 = X

4.285 = X

Therefore, there were 4,285 negative votes in the election. So, since 4,285 + 6,856 equals 11,141, the total number of votes cast in the election was 11,141.