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A study of sleepwalking stated that 29.2% of 19,136 American Adults have sleepwalked. What is the...

A study of sleepwalking stated that 29.2% of 19,136 American Adults have sleepwalked.

  1. What is the actual number who have sleepwalked?
  2. Using the data above would a report be justified in stating that “fewer than 30%” have sleepwalked” using a .05 significance test?

You can use the normal approximation. Show your work.

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