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- You wish to estimate the proportion of voters who plan to vote in favor of a certain ballot measure. Obtain a
sample size that will ensure a margin of error of at most 2.5% for a 95 % confidence interval. Assume it reasonable to assume that of the voters sampled, approximately 70% will be in favor of the measure. (You do not need to find the confidence interval.)
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