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A made-up survey asks 60 commuters, chosen at random, whether they ride an electric bike, and 4 say…

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A made-up survey asks $60$ commuters, chosen at random, whether they ride an electric bike, and $4$ say yes. Find the number of successes and the number of failures. Can the formula $\hat p \pm 1.96\sqrt{\dfrac{\hat p(1 - \hat p)}{n}}$ be trusted here?

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The interval for a proportion is $\hat p \pm 1.96\sqrt{\dfrac{\hat p(1 - \hat p)}{n}}$ . It needs a random sample with at least $10$ successes and $10$ failures. For a margin $m$ , $n \ge \left(\dfrac{1.96}{m}\right)^2 \hat p(1 - \hat p)$ .

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