A news station would like to conduct an exit poll to determine the likelihood that a highly debated amendment will receive enough support to pass. The news station plans to construct a 90 percent confidence interval to estimate the proportion of voters supporting the amendment. Whatg expressions would give the smallest sample size that will result in a margin of error of no more than 3 percentage points?

The expression is

Step-by-step explanation:

In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of , and a confidence level of , we have the following confidence interval of proportions.

In which

z is the z-score that has a p-value of .

The margin of error is of:

90% confidence level

So , z is the value of Z that has a p-value of , so .

What expression would give the smallest sample size that will result in a margin of error of no more than 3 percentage points?

We have to find n for which M = 0.03.

We have no prior estimate for the proportion, so we use . So

The expression is

(b) 240

step-by-step explanation:

first, we use the pythagorean formula using the given side lengths to find x. then we use x to find the side lengths. then we add the side lengths to find the perimeter.

pythagorean theorem formula:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

(x - 20)^2 + (x - 40)^2 = x^2

x^2 - 40x + 400 + x^2 - 80x + 1600 = x^2

x^2 -120x + 2000 = 0

(x - 100)(x - 20) = 0

x - 100 = 0 or x - 20 = 0

x = 100 or x = 20

we see that the solution x = 20 must be discarded because it will give a negative side length and a side length of 0. the only valid solution is x = 100.

perimeter = sum of the lengths of the sides

perimeter = x + x - 20 + x - 40

perimeter = 3x - 60

replace x with 100.

perimeter = 3(100) - 60

perimeter = 300 - 60

perimeter = 240