For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding. What percentage of your campus student body is female? Let p be the proportion of women students on your campus. n USE SALT (a) If no preliminary study is made to estimate p, how large a sample is needed to be 99% sure that a point estimate p will be within a distance of 0.06 from p? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.) students (b) A report indicates that approximately 60% of college students are females. Answer part (a) using this estimate for p. (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.) students

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For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding.
What percentage of your campus student body is female? Let p be the proportion of women students on your campus.
A USE SALT
(a) If no preliminary study is made to estimate p, how large a sample is needed to be 99% sure that a point estimate p will be
within a distance of 0.06 from p? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.)
students
(b) A report indicates that approximately 60% of college students are females. Answer part (a) using this estimate for p.
(Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.)
students
Transcribed Image Text:For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding. What percentage of your campus student body is female? Let p be the proportion of women students on your campus. A USE SALT (a) If no preliminary study is made to estimate p, how large a sample is needed to be 99% sure that a point estimate p will be within a distance of 0.06 from p? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.) students (b) A report indicates that approximately 60% of college students are females. Answer part (a) using this estimate for p. (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.) students
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