Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 2. If there were 1582 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

The total number of votes was 3955.

Explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 2.

This means that for each 3+2 = 5 votes, 3 were yes and 2 were no.

If there were 1582 no votes

1582 no votes - 2

x votes - 5

`2x = 5*1582`

`x = (5*1582)/(2)`

`x = 3955`

The total number of votes was 3955.