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It is desired to know the true proportion of divers who get "the bends" (sickness from nitrogen in
the blood). If we wanted to be 92% confident that the maximum margin of error is 0.04, how large
a sample is needed?
477 divers
478 divers
479 divers
O 480 divers
Transcribed Image Text:It is desired to know the true proportion of divers who get "the bends" (sickness from nitrogen in the blood). If we wanted to be 92% confident that the maximum margin of error is 0.04, how large a sample is needed? 477 divers 478 divers 479 divers O 480 divers
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