Given that 58% of all gold dealers believe next year will be a good one to speculate in South African gold coin, in a simple random sample of 150 dealers, what is the probability that between 55% and 60% believe that it will be a good year to speculate?

Given that 58% of all gold dealers believe next year will be a good one to speculate in South African gold coin, in a simple random sample of 150 dealers, what is the probability that between 55% and 60% believe that it will be a good year to speculate?

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