Question

The residents of the city voted on whether to raise property taxes the ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 7 if there’s were 5418 no votes what was the total number of votes

Answer 1

The total number of votes was 8514.

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first need to understand the ratio of yes votes to no votes, which is 4 to 7. This means for every 4 yes votes, there are 7 no votes. The problem states that there were 5,418 no votes. We can use this information to find the total number of votes.

First, we determine the value of each part of the ratio. We do this by dividing the number of no votes by the no part of the ratio:

5418 (no votes) ÷ 7 (no part of the ratio) = 774 (each part of the ratio)

Next, we find the total number of parts in the ratio, which is 4 (yes) + 7 (no) = 11 parts.

Then, we multiply the total number of parts by the value of each part to find the total number of votes:

774 (each part of the ratio) * 11 (total parts) = 8514

So, the total number of votes was 8514.