Fix the roads! ~ The Township Board of Meridian Township wants to know how much public support there is for raising property taxes to fix and maintain the roads in the township. They randomly surveyed Township residents and calculated a 90% confidence interval for the actual proportion of Meridian Township residents who are in favor of the tax increase to be (0.57, 0.62). 2. What is the sample proportion? Give the exact answer as a decimal.   ?̂=p^=   3. What is the margin of error for this confidence interval? Give the exact answer as a decimal.   ??=ME=   4. What is the standard error for this confidence interval? Round your answer to 4 decimal places.   ???̂=   5. What is the 95% confidence interval using the same survey data?

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Fix the roads! ~ The Township Board of Meridian Township wants to know how much public support there is for raising property taxes to fix and maintain the roads in the township. They randomly surveyed Township residents and calculated a 90% confidence interval for the actual proportion of Meridian Township residents who are in favor of the tax increase to be (0.57, 0.62).

2. What is the sample proportion? Give the exact answer as a decimal.

 
?̂=p^=
 

3. What is the margin of error for this confidence interval? Give the exact answer as a decimal.

 
??=ME=
 

4. What is the standard error for this confidence interval? Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

 
???̂=
 

5. What is the 95% confidence interval using the same survey data?

 
 
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