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Essay

Let p₁ represent the population proportion of U.S.senatorial and congressional (House of Representatives)Democrats who are in favor of a new modest tax on junk food.Let p₂ represent the population proportion of U.S.senatorial and congressional Republicans who are in favor of a new modest tax on junk food.Out of the 265 Democratic senators and members of Congress,106 of them are in favor of a junk food tax.Out of the 285 Republican senators and members of Congress,only 57 are in favor a junk food tax.At α = .01,can we conclude that the proportion of Democrats who favor a junk food tax is more than 5 percent higher than the proportion of Republicans who favor the new tax?

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