A Sample of 51 Observations Will Be Taken from an Infinite

question 31

Multiple Choice

A sample of 51 observations will be taken from an infinite population. The population proportion equals 0.85. The probability that the sample proportion will be between 0.9115 and 0.946 is

• A)0.8633
• B)0.6900
• C)0.0819
• D)0.0345

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