Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 6 to 5 . If there were 4545 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

The total number of votes= 9999

Explanation:

The ratio of vote specifically the ratio of yes to no vote in a city vote is 6 to 5.

There is a total of 4545 no votes.

Yes/no = 6/5

Yes= no(6/5)

Yes= 4545(6/5)

Yes= 5454

The total number of yes votes are 5454.

The total number of votes= yes votes+ no votes

The total number of votes= 5454+4545

The total number of votes= 9999