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A random digit dialing telephone system was used to conduct a survey asking 3230 city residents; "do you support a 3% tax increase to fund the construction of 2 new school buildings?" Out of the 3230 respondents, 2506 admitted that they support the tax increase. Which of the following is a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all residents that support the tax increase to fund school building construction?
A) (0.7210, 0.7888)
B) (0.7299, 0.7742)
C) (0.7212, 0.7976)
D) (0.7615, 0.7902)
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