Normal distribution and significance levels

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A retailer wants to estimate with 99% confidence the number of people who buy at his store. A previous study showed that 15% of those interviewed had shopped at his store. He wishes to be accurate within 3% of the true proportion. The minimum sample size necessary would be 940.

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