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Aflight is said to be on time if it lands within 15 min. of itspublished arrival.
a.) What is the minimum sample size needed to be 95% confidentwithin 2 percentage points of the actual proportion of on-timeflights?
b) A recent study of 150 flights found that 84% of SouthwestAirlines flights arrive on time. Rounding to the nearest tenth of apercent, we can say with 95% confidence that the proportion ofsoutwest flights that arrive on time is between ____ and ____ witha margin of error ____.

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