Answer:
6,265 votes
Explanation:
The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratios of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 7. If there were 10,740 total votes, how many no votes were there?
Given that :
Ratio of yes votes to no votes = 5 to 7
Yes votes : no votes = 5 : 7
Total votes = 10,740
The actual number of yes votes and no votes can be obtained thus :
Sum of ratio = (5 + 7) = 12
(ratio of vote / sum of ratio) * total votes
Number of no votes :
(Ratio of no votes / total ratio) * total votes
(7 / 12) * 10,740
0.5833333 * 10,740
= 6,265 votes
Number of no votes = 6,265 votes.