Insurance companies are interested in knowing the population percent of drivers who always buckle up before riding in a car. When designing a study to determine this population proportion, what is the minimum number you would need to survey to be 99% confident that the population proportion is estimated to within 0.03? The number of drivers surveyed needs to be at least ___________.

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Insurance companies are interested in knowing the population percent of drivers who always buckle up before riding in a car.

  1. When designing a study to determine this population proportion, what is the minimum number you would need to survey to be 99% confident that the population proportion is estimated to within 0.03?

    The number of drivers surveyed needs to be at least ___________.
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