document.write( "Question 1127983: I am in serious need of help. How do i build a 95% confidence interval with only just orange M&M's? Number of M&Ms
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\n" ); document.write( "ORANGE TOTAL
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\n" ); document.write( "5 17
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\n" ); document.write( " p-hat = 0.23
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\n" ); document.write( "Construct the 95% confidence interval around the true population porportion of orange colored M&Ms in a fun-sized bag of plain M&Ms.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #744465 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "For the standard normal distribution there is a \"95\"% probability that a standard normal variable, \"Z\", will fall between \"-1.96\" and \"1.96\". \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28-1.96+%3CZ%3C+1.96%29=0.95\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p-hat+=0.23\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n+=455\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p-hat%2B-Z%2Asqrt%28p-hat%281-p-hat%29%2Fn%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B-1.96%2Asqrt%28%280.23%281-0.23%29%29%2F455%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B-1.96%2Asqrt%28%280.23%2A0.77%29%2F455%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B-1.96%2Asqrt%280.1771%2F455%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B-1.96%2Asqrt%280.00038923076923%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B-1.96%2A0.019728932288\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B-0.03866870728448\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23%2B0.03866870728448=+0.2686679968\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.23-0.03866870728448=+0.1913320032\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Confidence Interval is: (\"0.1913320032\",\"+0.2686679968\")\r
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