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The Confidence Interval for a Population Pencentage Is Generated from the Inequality

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The confidence interval for a population pencentage is generated from the inequality pp^<E|\mathbf{p}-\hat{\mathbf{p}}|<\mathrm{E} , where E\mathrm{E} is the margin of error. Construct a 95%95 \% confidence interval for the population percentage using the given information.
-Percentage of false positives generated by a new diabetes screening test, p^=8.5%,E=4.6%\hat{\mathrm{p}}=8.5 \%, \mathrm{E}=4.6 \%


A) 3.7%<p<13.2%3.7 \%< p<13.2 \%
B) 4.1%<p<13.0%4.1 \%< p<13.0 \%
C) 4.1%<p<13.2%4.1 \%< p<13.2 \%
D) 3.9%<p<13.1%3.9 \%< p<13.1 \%

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