The residence of city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4. If there were 2424 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

Since the ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4, we can say that the ratio of no votes to the total is 4 to 7.

Now using this part to whole ratio, we can write:

4 no votes = 2424 no votes

7 total x total

Then:

4 • 606 = 2424

7 • 606 4242

There would be a total of 4242 votes.