Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 4 to 7. If there were 3496 yes votes, whats was the total number of votes.

Answer 1

9614

Explanation:

Let us take 4 in the ratio as 4 units.

If 4 units means 3496, let us first find how many votes 1 unit is made up of.

3496/4=874 (/ means divide sign. If you are writing the equations out, do remember to change it to the actual divide sign. Sorry for the inconvenience)

Let us find how what is the total number of units now!

4+7=11

Now that we found out the total number of units, and how many votes is each unit made out of, it is time to find the final answer by multiplying each other.

874x11=9614

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