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29-06-2017
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The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 7. If there were 5019 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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29-06-2017

4/7 = y/5019....with y being yes votes
cross multiply
(7)(y) = (4)(5019)
7y = 20076
y = 20076/7
y = 2868 <=== yes votes

total of yes and no votes : 5019 + 2868 = 7887

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