Use the table to answer the question.
Apples Banana Oranges Totals
7th graders 44 120
8th graders 35 46
Totals 72 71
Constructing the two-way table, what is the total number of seventh graders who prefer bananas?
(1 point)
Responses
86
86
25
25
51
51
69
69
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The correct answer is 25 bananas for seventh graders.
To find this, look at the total number of seventh graders (120) and subtract the number of seventh graders who prefer apples (44). This leaves 76 seventh graders who prefer either bananas or oranges. Since the total number of seventh graders who prefer oranges is not given, subtracting the 46 eighth graders who prefer oranges from the total number of students who prefer oranges (71) leaves 25 seventh graders who prefer bananas.