Use the table to answer the question.

Question

This table tracks the food preference of 7th and 8th students.
Pizza Tacos Chicken Totals
7th graders 24 120
8th graders 35 46
Totals 52 71
Constructing the two-way table, what is the total amount of people who like tacos?

(1 point)
Responses

106
106

71
71

35
35

109

Answer 1

To find the total amount of people who like tacos, we need to look at the number of 7th graders who like tacos and the number of 8th graders who like tacos.

From the table:

• The total number of 7th graders who like tacos is not directly provided, so we denote it as \(x\).
• The number of 8th graders who like tacos is 35.

We know the total number of students who like tacos (as given in the table) is 71. Therefore, we can set up the equation:

\[ x + 35 = 71 \]

Solving for \(x\):

\[ x = 71 - 35 \] \[ x = 36 \]

Now, we add the 7th graders who like tacos (36) to the 8th graders who like tacos (35):

\[ Total = 36 + 35 = 71 \]

So, the total amount of people who like tacos is 71.

The answer is: 71