Candidate a Is Facing Two Opposing Candidates in a Mayoral

question 8

Multiple Choice

Candidate A is facing two opposing candidates in a mayoral election. In a recent poll of 300 residents, 98 supported candidate B and 58 supported candidate C. Construct a 99% confidence interval on the population proportion for the support of candidate A in the following election.

• A) [0.4057, 0.5543]
• B) [0.4130, 0.5470]
• C) [0.4779, 0.4821]
• D) [0.4781, 0.4819]

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