SOLUTION: There are 2,000 eligible voters in a precinct. 500 of the voters are selected at random and asked to indicate whether they planned to vote for the Democratic incumbent or the Repub

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Question 1191436: There are 2,000 eligible voters in a precinct. 500 of the voters are selected at random and asked to indicate whether they planned to vote for the Democratic incumbent or the Republican challenger. Of the 500 surveyed, 240 said they were going to vote for the Democratic incumbent. Using the 0.99 confidence coefficient, what are the confidence limits for the proportion that plan to vote for the Democratic incumbent?
A. 0.427 and 0.532 B. 0.612 and 0.712 C. 0.397 and 0.797 D. 0.826 and 0.926

Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i get .422 and .538 which is pretty close to .427 and .532.
that would be selection A.
i would go with that.
let me know if you need more information on how i got it.
theo