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When a recent survey asked subjects whether it should or should not be the government's responsibility to impose strict laws to make industry do less damage to the environment, 1200 of 1700 subjects said yes. Construct the 95% confidence interval. Can you conclude whether or not a majority or minority of the population would answer yes?

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