what is total number of votes

Question

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 3695 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer 1

Let x = number of votes. So, the number of "no" votes = x - 3695

5 / 6 = 3695 / (x - 3695)

Cross multiply to get 5(x - 3695) = 6(3695)

Solve for x.