The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 3 . If there were 2958 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

    Set up a ratio of yes to no votes
    4/3 = x/2958

    Using our proportion calculator, we get x = 3,944 for yes votes.

    Adding yes votes and no votes together to get total votes, we get:
    Total Votes = Yes Votes + No Votes
    Total Votes = 3,944 + 2,958
    Total Votes = 6,902
     

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