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In a random sample of 50 voters, intended to show that more voters are in favor...

In a random sample of 50 voters, intended to show that more voters are in favor of candidate A, 34 said they favor candidate A.

(a) What is the probability that this many or more voters would favor A is the true proportion of all eligible voters favoring A is 0.54?

(b) Is the result significant at the 0.05 level? What about the 0.01 level? Explain your answers.

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