Question

a survey asked a group of adults and youths if they prefer reading books printed on paper or electronic books.

• 23 youths said they preferred reading books printed on paper.
• 62 youths were surveyed.
• 26 adults said they preferred reading electronic books
• 125 total people were surveyed.

fill in the missing values in the table below.
book preference

	print	electronic	total
youths
adults
total

Explanation:

Step1: Fill Youths Print value

Given directly: $23$

Step2: Calculate Youths Electronic

Subtract print from total youths: $62 - 23 = 39$

Step3: Fill Youths Total value

Given directly: $62$

Step4: Calculate total adults

Subtract youths from total people: $125 - 62 = 63$

Step5: Fill Adults Electronic value

Given directly: $26$

Step6: Calculate Adults Print

Subtract electronic from total adults: $63 - 26 = 37$

Step7: Fill Adults Total value

From Step4: $63$

Step8: Calculate total Print

Add youths and adults print: $23 + 37 = 60$

Step9: Calculate total Electronic

Add youths and adults electronic: $39 + 26 = 65$

Step10: Fill Total overall value

Given directly: $125$

Answer:

	Print	Electronic	Total
Adults	37	26	63
Total	60	65	125