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The residents of a city voted on whether or not to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 3. If there were 1716 no votes, what was the total number of votes?
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The residents of a city voted on whether or not to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 3. If there were 1716 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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The answer would be 13,728 because you have to multiply 1716 by 3 and multiply 1716 by 4 and add them, then add 1716 and get 13,728.
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