139k views
7 votes
The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 4. If there were 8829 total votes, how many yes

votes were there?

User Argaen
by
7.6k points

1 Answer

8 votes
4905 yea votes

8829 divided by 9 = 981

981x5=4905

User JoakimB
by
8.6k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories