Probability that poll provide a sample distribution

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During the 2000 presidential election campaign, a Time/CNN poll used a sample of 589 likely voters, and got the sample proportion p of likely voters favoring one presidential candidate. Assume the population proportion for this candidate is 0.5. (a) Show the sampling distribution of p. (b) What is the probability that the poll will provide a sample distribution within 0.02 of the population proportion?

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