Prior to the last election a sample of 500 of the State's voters showed that 300 intended to vote for Senator Foghorn. His staff statistician might have told the senator, "The probability that the confidence interval ________________ contains your opponent's actual percentage is 95%. Fill in the correct confidence interval in the blank space above. a) 54.9% and 65.1%. b) 35.7% and 44.3%. c) 55.7% and 64.3%. d) 36.4% and 43.6%. e) None of the above.

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i. Prior to the last election a sample of 500 of the State's voters showed that 300 intended to
vote for Senator Foghorn. His staff statistician might have told the senator, "The probability
that the confidence interval ________________ contains your opponent's actual percentage
is 95%. Fill in the correct confidence interval in the blank space above.


a) 54.9% and 65.1%.
b) 35.7% and 44.3%.
c) 55.7% and 64.3%.
d) 36.4% and 43.6%.
e) None of the above.

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