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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 4136 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

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Answer:

1551 Yes voters

Explanation:

Yes : No

3 : 5

total = 4136

add up both no and yes :3+5 =8

8 will be the total ratio of voters

Yes

3/8 × 4136

= 0.375 × 4136

= 1551 Yes Votes

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