The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 7 to 5. If there were 4210 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

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ebonyserrano · Answer

I just need help with 2 more word problems

will.h · Answer

$$\frac{ 7 }{ 5 } = \frac{ 4210 - x }{ x }$$ Cross multiply and notice that ratio 7:5 means 
12/5 so therefor 
12x = 5 * 4210
12x = 21050
x=1754.17 people who said no

ebonyserrano · Answer

it was actually 10,104 votes

will.h · Answer

that was the number who voted no add that to those who voted yes and you'll get the total votes

brainlesslonelygirl · Answer

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cross multiply and solve for x. that will be the number of yes votes. then add that to the number of no votes to get the total number of votes.