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A population proportion is 0.70. A sample of size 100 will be taken and the sample proportion
p
will be used to estimate the population proportion. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)(a)
What is the probability that the sample proportion will be within ±0.03 of the population proportion?
(b)
What is the probability that the sample proportion will be within ±0.05 of the population proportion?
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