In a sample survey of the safety explosives' used in certain mining operations, explosives containing potassium mitrate were found to be used in 95 out of 250 cases. If 95 -= 0.38 is used as an estimate of the corresponding true proportion, what can we say 250 with 95% confidence about the maximum error?

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In a sample survey of the safety explosives' used in certain mining operations,
explosives containing potassium mitrate were found to be used in 95 out of 250 cases. If
95
= 0.38 is used as an estimate of the corresponding true proportion, what can we say
250
with 95% confidence about the maximum error?
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