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. types of transportation

	bus	subway	total
workers	42	76	118
total	69	97

how many people were polled? 48 69 118 166

Explanation:

Step1: Recall total - people formula

The total number of people polled is the sum of all individual categories in the two - way table. It can be found by adding the total number of students and workers.

Step2: Calculate total

The total number of students is 48 and the total number of workers is 118. So, the total number of people polled is \(48 + 118=166\).

Answer:

166