Question

The data from a survey on the academic degrees earned by students in the United States in 2009 is shown below.


Degree

Male
(in thousands)

Female
(in thousands)

Marginal
Totals


Associate
298 489 787

Bachelor
685 916 1,601

Master
260 397 657

Professional
47 45 92

Doctorate
32 35 67

Marginal
Totals
1,322 1,882 3,204


About how many students were awarded a bachelor’s degree in 2009?





916,000




685,000




1,601,000




1,322,000


Please help :)

Answer 1

I am a bit confused. What would thousands mean in this case? Like you have 685 be 685,000?

Answer 2

Im not sure either but I was thinking 685,000 too