Question For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding.A random sample of medical files is used to estimate the proportion p of all people who have blood type B.(a) If you have no preliminary estimate for p, how many medical files should you include in a random sample in order to be 85% sure that the point estimate p̂ will be within a distance of 0.04 from p? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.) medical files(b) Answer part (a) if you use the preliminary estimate that about 7 out of 90 people have blood type B. medical files

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For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding.

A random sample of medical files is used to estimate the proportion p of all people who have blood type B.

(a) If you have no preliminary estimate for p, how many medical files should you include in a random sample in order to be 85% sure that the point estimate p̂ will be within a distance of 0.04 from p? (Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.)
 medical files

(b) Answer part (a) if you use the preliminary estimate that about 7 out of 90 people have blood type B.
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Step 1From the given information,Confidence level =0.80Margin of error =0.04 Step 2Thus,a.Let p be the proportion which is assumed to be 0.50The required sample size can be computed as:ME=Zα/2×p×1-pn0.04=1.282×0.5×0.5nn=1.2822×0.250.042 &# ... See the full answer