Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 5 to 3. If there were 4440 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

Answer 1

Total votes of the residents of the city = 4,440

Ratio of yes to no = 5:3

Yes votes = 4,440 * 3/5 = 2,664

No votes = 4,440 - 2,664 = 1,776