Fewer young people are driving. In year A, 62.9% of people under 20 years old who were eligible had a driver's license. Twenty years later in year B that percentage had dropped to 48.7%. Suppose these results are based on a random sample of 1,300 people under 20 years old who were eligible to have a driver's license in year A and again in year B (a) At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year A? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)   At 95% confidence, what is the interval estimate of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year A? (Round your answers to four decimal places.)     (b) At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year B? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)   At 95% confidence, what is the interval estimate of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year B? (Round your answers to four decimal places.)

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Fewer young people are driving. In year A, 62.9% of people under 20 years old who were eligible had a driver's license. Twenty years later in year B that percentage had dropped to 48.7%. Suppose these results are based on a random sample of 1,300 people under 20 years old who were eligible to have a driver's license in year A and again in year B

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At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year A? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
 
At 95% confidence, what is the interval estimate of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year A? (Round your answers to four decimal places.)
 
 
(b)
At 95% confidence, what is the margin of error of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year B? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
 
At 95% confidence, what is the interval estimate of the number of eligible people under 20 years old who had a driver's license in year B? (Round your answers to four decimal places.)
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The sample size n is 1300.

The sample proportion of people under 20 years old who were eligible had a driver’s license in year A is 0.629.

The sample proportion of people who were eligible had a driver’s license in year B is 0.487.

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