A teacher surveys her students to find out whether they prefer riding a bike or playing soccer. The two-way table shows some of her data.    Bike riding soccer playing total boys 25 26   girls 22     total     ? Based on her data, the teacher concludes that if a girl is chosen at random from this sample, there is a 56% probability that she prefers playing soccer.  What is the total number of students the teacher surveyed?

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.2: Representing Data
Problem 20PFA
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A teacher surveys her students to find out whether they prefer riding a bike or playing soccer. The two-way table shows some of her data. 

  Bike riding soccer playing total
boys 25 26  
girls 22    
total     ?

Based on her data, the teacher concludes that if a girl is chosen at random from this sample, there is a 56% probability that she prefers playing soccer. 

What is the total number of students the teacher surveyed?

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