The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 6. If there were 8107 total votes, how many no votes were there?

Answer 1

Cross multiplying gives:

6•8107 = 11x

x = 48642/11 = 4422 No Votes

Answer 2

Let x be number of no votes:

5 8107 - x

-- = ------------

6 x

48642 - 6x = 5x

48642 = 11x

x = 4422