Question

the residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. the ratio of yes and no votes was 7 to 4. if there were 8679 total votes, how many yes votes were there

Answer 1

5523

Explanation:

When dealing with ratios like these you want to add the two sides together ( 7 +4 = 11). Another way to write this question is to find 7/11 of 8679 which you would do by dividing 8679 by 11 and multiplying by 7 to give you 5523