The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4. If there were 6797 total votes, how many no votes were there?
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The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 3 to 4. If there were 6797 total votes, how many no votes were there?
The answer is 2913.
It’s a ratio of 3:4
Add together the two number to get 7.
Then divide 6797 by 7. Which gives you 971.
Multiply 971 by 3.
Answer gives you 2913.