SOLUTION: A genetic experiment with peas resulted in one sample of offspring that consisted of 415 green peas and 161 yellow peas. a. Construct a 90​% confidence interval to estimate of

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Question 1182741: A genetic experiment with peas resulted in one sample of offspring that consisted of 415 green peas and 161 yellow peas.
a. Construct a 90​% confidence interval to estimate of the percentage of yellow peas.
__ < p < __(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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p hat = 161/576=0.2795
90% half-interval is z(0.95)*sqrt(p hat *(1- p hat)/n)
=1.645*sqrt(0.2795*0.7205/576)
=0.03075 or 0.031
the interval is 0.249 < p < 0.310