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The Curdle Dairy Co. wants to estimate the proportion p of customers that will purchase its new broccoli-flavored ice cream.
Curdle wants to be 90% confident that they have estimated p to within .03. How many customers should they sample?
A. 709
B. 750
C. 700
D. 752
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