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1. After the last frost, 189 apples were picked randomly and 43 were found to be...

1. After the last frost, 189 apples were picked randomly and 43 were found to be not fit for sale.
a. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population proportion of unsaleable apples.
b. How large a sample should be taken to estimate the proportion of unsaleable apples to
within 2% of population proportion, using:

i:p*=43/189 ii. P*=1/2 ?

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