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Use the table to answer the question.

Calculating the overall participant count using the provided two-way table.
Apples Banana Oranges Totals
7th graders 44 120
8th graders 35 46
Totals 72 71
Constructing the two-way table, how many total people answered this survey about their fruit preference?

(1 point)
Responses

120
120 - incorrect

125
125 - no response given

263
263 - no response given

229

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the total number of participants who answered the survey, we need to fill in the missing values in the two-way table and then sum all the values.

Here’s the provided two-way table:

```
Apples Banana Oranges Totals
7th graders 44 ? ? 120
8th graders ? 35 46 ?
Totals 72 ? 71 ?
```

From the totals and the known counts:
1. The total number of 7th graders is given as 120.
2. The total number of apples is 72.
3. The total number of oranges is 71.

### Step 1: Fill in the table
To find the missing values, we need to analyze the rows and columns based on the known totals.

For the 7th graders:
- Apples = 44
- Total = 120
- Therefore, Banana + Oranges = 120 - 44 = 76.

For the 8th graders:
- Total for 8th graders = ?
- Banana = 35
- Oranges = 46
- Therefore, Apples + 35 + 46 = ?

Calculating the total for 8th graders:
- Apples for 8th graders = Total for 8th graders - (35 + 46)
- Let’s denote the unknown Apples for 8th graders as "A".

### Step 2: Total participants
Now we can construct the totals:
- Total Apples = 44 (from 7th) + A (8th) = 72
- Therefore, A = 72 - 44 = 28.

The completed table now looks like this:

```
Apples Banana Oranges Totals
7th graders 44 ? ? 120
8th graders 28 35 46 ?
Totals 72 ? 71 ?
```

### Step 3: Filling in the blanks for the Totals
Calculating total Banana:
- Total Banana = ? from 7th + 35 from 8th = ?
- We can use the total known count from the table which we have yet to calculate.

### Step 4: Calculate total counts
So far, based on the above deductions:
- Total for 7th graders = 120
- Total for 8th graders = 28 + 35 + 46 = 109

Now, summing both grades:
**Total Participants = 120 (7th) + 109 (8th) = 229.**

### Final Answer
So the total number of people who answered the survey about their fruit preference is **229**.

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