Final answer:
After accounting for additional students joining and some students leaving, a total of 77 students attended the field trip.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is asking us to calculate the number of students who actually attended a field trip after a series of arrivals and departures. Initially, 34 students were going on the field trip. Then, an additional 63 students joined them, making the total 97 students. However, if 20 students then left, we must subtract this number from 97 to find the final total of students who attended.
Let's perform the calculation:
34 students (initially going) + 63 students (joined) = 97 students
97 students - 20 students (left) = 77 students (final number who attended)