Question

the residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. the ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 4. if there were 9339 total votes, how many no votes where there?

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

3396

Explanation:

The ratio tells you that out of every 7+4 = 11 votes, 4 of them were 'no' votes. Then the number of no votes is ...

(4/11)(9339) = 3396 . . . no votes