Suppose the manager of a shoe store wants to determine the current percentage of customers who are males. How many customers should the manager survey in order to be 98% confident that the estimated (sample) proportion is within 10percentage points of the true population proportion of customers who are males? z0.10 z0.05 z0.04 z0.025 z0.01 z0.005 1.282 1.645 1.751 1.960 2.326 2.576 Use the table of values above.

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Suppose the manager of a shoe store wants to determine the current percentage of customers who are males. How many customers should the manager survey in order to be 98% confident that the estimated (sample) proportion is within 10percentage points of the true population proportion of customers who are males?

z0.10 z0.05 z0.04 z0.025 z0.01 z0.005
1.282 1.645 1.751 1.960 2.326 2.576

Use the table of values above.

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