The residence of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of US foods to Novos was 725 if there were 10,464 total votes how many yes votes were there?

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yes/total = y/(y+n)=

7/(7+25)= 7/32 = y/10464

y = 7(10464)/32 = 2289 yes votes

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