Question

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes to no votes was 8 to 5. if there were 7332 total votes, how many no were there?

Answer 1

Answer:

  2820 no votes

Step-by-step explanation:

The fraction of votes that were 'no' is ...

  no/total = (5)/(8+5) = 5/13

The number of votes that were 'no' is ...

  (5/13)(7332) = 2820 . . . no votes