Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes 3 to no votes was 5 to . If there were 2247 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

Total number of votes = 5,992

Explanation:

Given:

Ratio of Yes and No = 3:5

Total number of yes votes = 2,247

Find:

Total number of votes

Computation:

Total number of votes = Total number of yes votes [(3+5)/3]

Total number of votes = 2,247[(8)/3]

Total number of votes = 5,992