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 1899 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

2/3 = x / 1899
3x = 3798
x = 3798/3
x = 1266....# of yes votes

total votes (1899 + 1266) = 3165 <==