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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 7. If there were 3852 yes 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 7. If there were 3852 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

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There were 11661 total votes
User Kris Van Den Bergh
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ratio of yes to no 4:7
3852 : yes

3852/4 = 963

963 * 7 = 6741

ratio of yes to no 4 : 7 = 3,852 : 6,741

3,852 + 6,741 = 10,593

answer: total 10,593

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