Suppose that 20% of the residents in a certain state support an increase in the property tax. An opinion poll will randomly sample 900 state residents and will then compute the proportion in the sample that support a property tax increase. How likely is the resulting sample proportion to be within .02 of the true proportion (i. e., between .18 and .22)? (Hint: Use the sampling distribution of the sample proportion in this case.)

86.64% probability that the resulting sample proportion is within .02 of the true proportion.

Step-by-step explanation:

Problems of normally distributed samples are solved using the z-score formula.

In a set with mean and standard deviation , the zscore of a measure X is given by:

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

For the sampling distribution of a sample proportion p in a sample of size n, we have that

In this problem:

How likely is the resulting sample proportion to be within .02 of the true proportion (i.e., between .18 and .22)?

This is the pvalue of Z when X = 0.22 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 0.18.

X = 0.22

has a pvalue of 0.9332.

X = 0.18

has a pvalue of 0.0668

0.9332 - 0.0668 = 0.8664

86.64% probability that the resulting sample proportion is within .02 of the true proportion.

total amount of money that he should pay if he has not used his duty free exemption is $98

step-by-step explanation:

given a united states citizen returning to the states declares the following items at the customs office: 3 shirts at $8.50 each 2 dresses at $27.50 each 1 pair of gold cuff links at $17.50 per pair. we have to find how much he pay

cost of 3 shirts if one cost at $8.50 is

cost of 2 dresses if one cost at $27.50 is  

cost of 1 pair of gold cuff at $17.50

so, total amount of money that he should pay if he has not used his duty free exemption is   $25.5+$55+$17.50=$98