A Student Government Representative at a Local University Claims That

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Essay

A student government representative at a local university claims that 60% of the undergraduate students favor a move to Division I in college football. A random sample of 250 undergraduate students was selected and 140 students indicated they favored a move to Division I.
Find a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of undergraduate students who favor the move to Division I.
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Based on the interval above, can the representative's claim be rejected?
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Explain.
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