Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 5. If there were 4648 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

The total number of votes was 7968.

Explanation:

From the information given, you know that the ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 5 and you can use a rule of three to find the number of no votes if there were 4648 yes votes:

7 yes → 5 no

4648 yes → x

x=(4648*5)/7=3320

Now, you have to add up the amount of yes votes and no votes:

4648+3320=7968

According to this, the answer is that the total number of votes was 7968.