Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 8 . If there were 7761 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

Answer 1

2,985 yes votes

Explanation:

Ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 8, we can write the following equation:

Yes : no : total = 5 : 8 : 13

Knowing the total votes was 7,761, thus the number of yes votes = (5/13) * 7,761 = 2,985 votes.