Question

A group of students and workers entering a metro station were asked whether they were riding the bus or the subway. The two-way table shows their answers.

How many people were polled?

Answer 1

Answer:166 People

Explanation:

Answer 2

In these types of tables, the final box, bottom rightmost, is always the main total. This total will always add up to the same number whether you add the column or the row.

Let find it for this problem.

We can get the grand total from adding the 2 number from the row or the column.

If we add column, we get,
`48+118=166`.

If we add row, we get,
`69+97=166`.

So, our total is 166. 166 people were polled.

ANSWER: 166 People