In a sample of 120 people from the Quebec City area,it was found that 20% of them preferred the Canadiens to the Nordiques.a) Construct a confidence interval at the 95% confidence level to estimate the proportion of peoplein the Quebec City area who prefer the Canadiens to the Nordiques.b) What should be the sample size so that at a 90% confidence level the margin of error is 1%?

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In a sample of 120 people from the Quebec City area,
it was found that 20% of them preferred the Canadiens to the Nordiques.
a) Construct a confidence interval at the 95% confidence level to estimate the proportion of people
in the Quebec City area who prefer the Canadiens to the Nordiques.
b) What should be the sample size so that at a 90% confidence level the margin of error is 1%?

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