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: Identify total - row or column

To find the total number of people polled, we can look at the grand - total cell in the two - way table. This can be found by adding the total number of students and workers.

Step2: Calculate the total

We add the total number of students (48) and the total number of workers (118). So, \(48 + 118=166\).

Answer:

166