The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 5 to 8. If there were 3585 yes votes, what was the total number of votes?

Answer: 9321 votesStep-by-step explanation: 1- You can express the ratio as following: [tex]5:8[/tex] or [tex]\frac{5}{8}[/tex] 2- Let's call the number of  no votes "N" 3- Therefore, if there were 3585 yes votes, then you can write the following expression to calculate the number of  no votes: [tex]\frac{5}{8}=\frac{3585}{N}\\\\N=\frac{3585*8}{5}\\\\N=5736[/tex] 4- Then, the total number of votes is: [tex]t=3585votes+5736votes=9321votes[/tex]