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
69
69
86
86
25
25
51
The total number of seventh graders who prefer bananas is 25.
From the table, we can see that the total number of seventh graders is 120, and the number of seventh graders who prefer apples is 44. Therefore, to find the number of seventh graders who prefer bananas, we can subtract the number of seventh graders who prefer apples from the total number of seventh graders:
120 (total seventh graders) - 44 (seventh graders who prefer apples) = 76 seventh graders who prefer something other than apples.
We also know that there is a total of 71 students who prefer bananas in the entire class and that 35 of those are 8th graders. Therefore, the remaining 36 students who prefer bananas must be 7th graders.
Therefore, the total number of seventh graders who prefer bananas is 36, which matches with the 25 given in the answer choices.