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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 6804 total votes how many yes votes were there

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A ratio of 5 to 4 means 5 out of 9 voted yes:


y = \frac 5 9 (6804) = 3780

Answer: 3780

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