The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes

The residents of a city voted on whether to raise property taxes. The ratio of yes votes to no votes was 4 to 3 . If there were 2958 no votes, what was the total number of votes?

Set up a ratio of yes to no votes
4/3 = x/2958

Using our proportion calculator, we get x = 3,944 for yes votes.

Adding yes votes and no votes together to get total votes, we get:
Total Votes = Yes Votes + No Votes
Total Votes = 3,944 + 2,958
Total Votes = 6,902