The residents of a city voted on whether

Ty'Onna Davis

Ty'Onna Davis

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2022-08-30

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4. If there were 4746 total votes, how many no votes were there?
 

 


 

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xleb123

xleb123

Skilled2023-06-03Added 181 answers

Let's assume the number of yes votes is represented by x. According to the given ratio, the number of no votes would be represented by 4x.
Since the total number of votes is 4746, we can write the equation:
x+4x=4746
Combining like terms:
5x=4746
To find the value of x, we divide both sides of the equation by 5:
x=47465
Evaluating the division:
x=949.2
Since we can't have a fraction of a vote, we round x to the nearest whole number:
x=949
Therefore, the number of no votes would be:
4x=4×949=3796
Hence, there were 3796 no votes.

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