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In a random sample of 500 teenagers 12 to 17 years old, it was found that 330 have regular access to computers and the Internet.  What sample size should you take to be 95% confident that the estimate of the true proportion of teenagers 12 to 17 years old with regular access to computers and the Internet will differ by no more than 0.03? Assume that a prior estimate of the proportion is not available.

In a random sample of 500 teenagers 12 to 17 years old, it was found that 330 have regular access to computers and the Internet.  What sample size should you take to be 95% confident that the estimate of the true proportion of teenagers 12 to 17 years old with regular access to computers and the Internet will differ by no more than 0.03? Assume that a prior estimate of the proportion is not available.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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In a random sample of 500 teenagers 12 to 17 years old, it was found that 330 have regular access to computers and the Internet. 

What sample size should you take to be 95% confident that the estimate of the true proportion of teenagers 12 to 17 years old with regular access to computers and the Internet will differ by no more than 0.03? Assume that a prior estimate of the proportion is not available.

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