5. A heavily populated county in Florida is told by the election commission to estimate the proportion of the popular vote count for the Democratic candidate for president. Th maximal error is to be 0.001 with a 99% confidence. If no preliminary estimate for the proportion can be agreed on, how many ballots must be checked?

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5. A heavily populated county in Florida is told by the election commission to estimate
the proportion of the popular vote count for the Democratic candidate for president. The
maximal error is to be 0.001 with a 99% confidence. If no preliminary estimate for the
proportion can be agreed on, how many ballots must be checked?
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