A sociologist is studying the prevalence of crime in one major city. In a sample of 275 randomly selected residents, 77 say that they have been victimized by a criminal. Based on this sample, construct a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of all residents in this city who have been victimized by a criminal. Then find the lower limit and upper limit of the 99% confidence interval. Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. Round your answers to two decimal places. Lower limit: Upper limit:

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A sociologist is studying the prevalence of crime in one major city. In a sample of 275 randomly selected residents, 77 say that they have been victimized by a criminal. Based on this sample, construct a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of all residents in this city who have been victimized by a criminal. Then find the lower limit and upper limit of the 99% confidence interval.
Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Lower limit:

Upper limit:

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