Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 6. If there were 4508 no votes, what was the total

number of votes

Answer 1

total number of votes was 8265.

Explanation:

Ratio of yes to no votes = 5:6

we know by rule of indices that

a/b = a*x/b*x

let the no. of people who voted yes be 5x

the no. of people who voted no be 6x

Thus, total no of votes = 5x+6x= 11x

given that

If there were 4508 no votes

thus,

6x = 4508

x = 4508/6 = 751 1/3 = 751.33

Thus, total no. of votes = 11 x = 11* 751.33 = 8264.63

rounding it to next integral no. as no. of votes cannot be fraction or decimal

the total number of votes was 8265.