Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 5. If there were

4104 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

Answer 1

the residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 5 to 8. If there were 6776 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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5 to 8 is the same as 5x to 8x where 8x is the number of no votes.

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If 8x = 6776, then x = 847

Explanation:

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