The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 3 . If there were 2817 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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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 4 to 3 . If there were 2817 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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the ratio yes:no is 4:3
so if there is 2817 votes in the no
==> (2817*4)/3 = 3756 votes for yes

3756/2817 will be 4/3

VettelS answered Aug 2, 2019

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