Confidence intervals for the proportion of the population

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Due to a prolonged drought, the city of pandora faced a severe power crisis in 2009. after lengthy debates, the pandora city council decided to establish a nuclear power plant to tackle any future power crisis. a national survey asked the following question in order to understand the general public reaction to building a nuclear power plant in the city to generate future power requirements? out of the 3,200 respondents, 640 answered yes and the remainder no. find 95% confidence intervals for the proportion of the population who would say yes (Z value for 95% is 1.96)

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