The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes 4 to 7 was to . If there were 7117 total votes, how many yes votes were there?

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Answer 1

if the ratio was 4 to 7, that means 4/(4+7) = 4/11 of 7117 were yes votes

4/11 times 7117 = 4 times 647 = 2588 yes votes. the no votes win, with 7/11 of 7117 = 7x647= 4529 no votes.