An environmentalist wants to find out the fraction of oil tankers that have spills each month. Step 2 of 2 :   Suppose a sample of 438438 tankers is drawn. Of these ships, 127127 had spills. Using the data, construct the 95%95% confidence interval for the population proportion of oil tankers that have spills each month. Round your answers to three decimal places.

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An environmentalist wants to find out the fraction of oil tankers that have spills each month.

Step 2 of 2 :  

Suppose a sample of 438438 tankers is drawn. Of these ships, 127127 had spills. Using the data, construct the 95%95% confidence interval for the population proportion of oil tankers that have spills each month. Round your answers to three decimal places.

 
 
 
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