A report states that 40% of home owners had a vegetable garden. How large a sample is needed to estimate the true proportion of home owners who have vegetable gardens to within 3% with 99% confidence?

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Answer:

The sample is 1759

Step-by-step explanation:
$\begin{gathered} n=((z)/(ME))^2pq=((2.576)/(0.03))^2*0.4*0.6 \\ \\ =1759 \end{gathered}$

Ensom Hodder answered Dec 8, 2023

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