Question

A local board of education conducted a survey of residents in the community concerning a property tax levy on the coming local ballot. They randomly selected 850 residents in the community and contacted them by telephone. Of the 850 residents surveyed, 410 supported the property tax levy. Let p represent the proportion of residents in the community that support the property tax levy.

Answer 1

How large a sample N would you need to estimate p with margin of error 0.04 with 95% confidence? Assume you knw anything about the value of p