Joe Biden (Democrat) will be running for President of the United States in 2020. His campaign is continually, among other things, wanting to estimate the percentage of Americans who will vote for him. a) How many Americans should be sampled to estimate the percentage of those who will vote for Joe Biden if his campaign wants to be 95% confident that the margin of error is no more than 2%? The last poll found that 49% of Americans said they will vote for Biden.

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Joe Biden (Democrat) will be running for President of the United States in 2020. His campaign is continually, among other things, wanting to estimate the percentage of Americans who will vote for him.

a) How many Americans should be sampled to estimate the percentage of those who will vote for Joe Biden if his campaign wants to be 95% confident that the margin of error is no more than 2%? The last poll found that 49% of Americans said they will vote for Biden.

 

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