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19 August, 06:09

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 4. If there were 6125 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

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  1. 19 August, 07:03
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    3,500 no votes

    Step-by-step explanation:

    There were 7 yes votes to every 4 no votes. There were a total of 6,125 yes votes, so set up a proportion to find the number of no votes

    Let x represent the number of no votes

    7 is to 4 as 6,125 is to x

    We get

    7/4 = 6,125/x

    Now solve for x

    First cross multiply

    7x = 24,500

    Divide both sides by 7 to isolate x ...

    x = 3,500 no votes
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