Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 6 to 5. Ir there were 3822 yes votes, what was the total

number of votes?
total votes

Answer 1

Answer: 7,007 votes :)

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The total number of votes was
`7,007`

Explanation:

Let

x -----> the number of yes votes

y -----> the number of no votes

we know that

`(x)/(y) =(6)/(5)`

isolate variable y

`y=(5)/(6)x` -----> equation A

`x=3,822` -----> equation B

Substitute equation B in equation A and solve for y

`y=(5)/(6)(3,822)=3,185`

therefore

To find out the total number of votes sum the number of yes votes plus the number of no votes

`3,822+3,185=7,007`