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The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 7. If there were 3824 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

User Jesse Good
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Answer:

10,516

Explanation:

you can do it different ways but I found the scale factor by dividing 4 into 7 which gives you 1.75 you then multiply that by the amount of yes votes (3824x1.75) which gives you 6692 and then you add that to the amount of yes votes which gives you the answer, 10516 - the total number of votes!

User Buttowski
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Divide total yes votes by the ratio for yes then multiply by the ratio for no:

3824 /4 = 956

956 x 7 = 6692 total number of no votes


total number of votes = 6692 + 3824 = 10,516

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