This table tracks the food preference of 7th and 8th students.

Question

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

71
71

109
109

106
106

35

Answer 1

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

From the table:

• 7th graders who like tacos: This value is missing in the table, which we need to calculate.
• 8th graders who like tacos: 35

The total for tacos from the table is labeled as 71. Therefore, we can set up the equation:

Tacos (7th graders) + 35 = 71

To find the number of 7th graders who like tacos, we subtract 35 from 71:

Tacos (7th graders) = 71 - 35
Tacos (7th graders) = 36

Now we'll add that to the number of 8th graders who like tacos:

Total tacos = 36 (7th graders) + 35 (8th graders)
Total tacos = 71

The total amount of people who like tacos is 71.

So the correct response is:

71