In a recent poll of 900 randomly selected adults, 37 % reported that they could not swim 24 yards with a margin of error of 13%. What is confidence interval for the proportion of adults who self-report that they cannot swim 24 yards? 63 < n < 603 525 < n < 691 0.37 < p < 0.50 0.24 < p < 0.50

In a recent poll of 900 randomly selected adults, 37 % reported that they could not swim 24 yards with a margin of error of 13%. What is confidence interval for the proportion of adults who self-report that they cannot swim 24 yards? 63 < n < 603 525 < n < 691 0.37 < p < 0.50 0.24 < p < 0.50

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In a recent poll of 900 randomly selected adults, 37 % reported that they could not swim 24 yards with a margin of error of 13%. What is confidence interval for the proportion of adults who self-report that they cannot swim 24 yards?

63 < n < 603

525 < n < 691

0.37 < p < 0.50

0.24 < p < 0.50

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