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A polling organization is asked to determine the percentage of Americans who exercise at least twice...

A polling organization is asked to determine the percentage of Americans who exercise at least twice per week. The error tolerance is two and a half percentage points, and the confidence level applied to the result is 95%. Lacking any other information, what is the minimum number of people the pollsters must interview in order to satisfy these constraints?

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