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A town council wants to estimate the proportion of residents who are in favor of a...

A town council wants to estimate the proportion of residents who are in favor of a proposal to upgrade the computers in the town library. A random sample of 100 residents was selected, and 97 of those selected indicated that they were in favor of the proposal. Is it appropriate to assume that the sampling distribution of the sample proportion is approximately normal?

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Answer : Yes, Because sample size is sufficiently large (grater than 30)

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