Estimate the fraction of the popular vote

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How many voters must be included in a sample collected to estimate the fraction of the popular vote favorable to a presidential candidate in a national election if the estimate must be correct to within .005? Assume that the true fraction lies somewhere in the neighborhood of .5. Use a confidence coefficient of approximately .95.

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