Confidence interval for proportion calculation

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According to a report published by the Pew Research Center in February 2010, 61% of Millennial (Americans in their teens and 20's) think that their generation has a unique and distinctive identity (N=527)

a. Calculate the 95% confident interval to estimate the percentage of Millennial who believe that their generation has a distinctive identity as compared with the other generations (the generation X, baby boomers, or the silent generation)

b. Calculate the 99% confident interval

c. Are both these results compatible with the conclusion that the majority of millennial believe they have a unique identity that separates them from the previous generations?

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