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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 5. if there were 1992 yes votes, what was the total number of votes.

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the ratio of yes to no is 3 : 5

the ratio 3 representing 1992 votes

so 1 ratio will represent vote = 1992 / 3 = 664 votes

we have total ratio of 3 + 5 = 8 ratio

so 8 ratio will represent the vote = 8 x 664 = 5312 votes

so the total number of votes are 5312 votes

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