Sample proportion and population proportion

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A survey showed that 17% of households spend more than $100 per week on groceries. Assume the population proportion is 0.17 and a simple random sample of 850 households will be selected from the population. What is the probability that the sample proportion will be within ±0.02 of the population proportion?

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