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Suppose that 20% of the residents in a certain state support an increase in the property tax. An opinion poll will randomly sample 400 state residents and will then compute the proportion in the sample that support a property tax increase. How likely is the resulting sample proportion, ^ p , to be within 0.04 of the true proportion, p (i. e., between 0.16 and 0.24)

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Answer from: XxMikeLearnsxX9288

Roughly a 95% chance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The standard deviation of sample of size 'n' and with a proportion 'p' is given by:

$SD = \sqrt{\frac{p*(1-p)}{n} }$

In this case, in a sample of 400 residents with proportion 20%, the standard deviation is:

$SD=\sqrt{\frac{0.2*(1-0.2)}{400} }\\ SD=0.02$

The upper and lower limits proposed (0.16 and 0.24) are exactly two standard deviations above and below the mean of 0.20. According to the 95% rule, this interval comprehends 95% of all data. Therefore, there is roughly a 95% chance that the resulting sample proportion will be within 0.04 of the true proportion.

Answer from: maxout67

P(0.16 < $\hat p$ < 0.24) = 0.9546 or 95.5%

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that 20% of the residents in a certain state support an increase in the property tax. An opinion poll will randomly sample 400 state residents and will then compute the proportion in the sample that support a property tax increase.

Let p = % of the residents in a certain state that support an increase in the property tax = 20%

$\hat p$ = % of the residents in a certain state that support an increase in the

property tax in a sample of 400 residents

The one-sample z sore probability distribution for sample proportion is given by;

Z = $\frac{\hat p -p}{\sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1- \hat p)}{n} } }$ ~ N(0,1) where, n = sample residents = 400

So, probability that sample proportion will lie between 0.16 and 0.24 is given by = P(0.16 < $\hat p$ < 0.24)

P(0.16 < $\hat p$ < 0.24) = P( $\hat p$ < 0.24) - P( $\hat p \leq$ 0.16)

P( $\hat p$ < 0.24) = P( $\frac{\hat p -p}{\sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1- \hat p)}{n} } }$ < $\frac{0.24 -0.20}{\sqrt{\frac{0.24(1- 0.24)}{400} } }$ ) = P(Z < 1.87) = 0.96926

P( $\hat p$ $\leq$ 0.16) = P( $\frac{\hat p -p}{\sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1- \hat p)}{n} } }$ $\leq$ $\frac{0.16 -0.20}{\sqrt{\frac{0.16(1- 0.16)}{400} } }$ ) = P(Z < -2.18) = 1 - P(Z $\leq$ 2.18)

= 1 - 0.98537 = 0.01463

Therefore, P(0.16 < $\hat p$ < 0.24) = 0.96926 - 0.01463 = 0.9546

Hence, it is 95.5% likely that the sample proportion will lie between 0.16 and 0.24.

Answer from: Quest

(d)

step-by-step explanation:

given: the line in the graph passes through points (5,30) and (6,26).

then, the equation of line is:

$y-y_{1}=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}(x-x_{1})$

$y-30=\frac{26-30}{6-5}(x-5)$

$y-30=-4(x-5)$

$y-30=-4x+20$

$y=-4x+50$

now, put y=a(n) and x=n,

$a(n)=-4n+50$

$a(n)=-4n+46+4$

$a(n)=46-(n-1){\times}4$

hence, option d is correct.

Ascientist cools some water at a constant rate. the graph and table show how the temperature of the

Answer from: Quest

time is equal to distance over rate so

t = d/r

need a little bit more information for the second question.

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