Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 8 to 5. If there were 5632 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

9,152 votes

Explanation:

Answer 2

9,152 votes

Explanation:

replace the no votes with x

8 : 5 = 5632 : x

cross multiply

8x = 5632 × 5

solve

8x = 28,160

x = 28,160 ÷ 8

x = 3,520

add yes and no votes

5,632 + 3,520 = 9,152

9,152 votes in total