Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 2 to 3. If there were 1198 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

The total number of votes is 2995.

The ratio is 2:3 yes:no. Is there are 1198 yes votes, then what you need to do is divide it by 2. Then take that number and multiply it by 3. This will give you 1797, the number of no votes. Add these two values and you’ll get 2995 votes total.