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Transcribed Image Text:Convert answers to percents and round to 2 decimal places. Example: 0.387582 is 38.76%
23. A simple random sample of 1825 people living in a small city was asked if they support an
additional local sales tax to help fund the local community college. Of these people, 1304 said that
they support this tax. Find the sample statistic and based on a 95% confidence interval find the
margin of error and confidence interval for all residents in this city who support the tax.
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interval
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